Authors : Tittu Thomas James, Ragupathy Sendhilkumar, Naveen Venkatesh, Dhargave Pradnya
DOI : 10.18231/j.jsip.2020.015
Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Year : 2020
Page No : 97-100
Upper extremity (UE) motor deficits lead to significant disability and dependence in individuals, poststroke.
Intense physiotherapy has found to be beneficial in restoring the UE function. Repetitive Magnetic
Stimulation (rPMS) is a novel therapeutic modality which aids in the rehabilitation of stroke patients.
It utilizes high-intensity electromagnetic field to stimulate neuromuscular tissue which is found to be
beneficial in pain management and other effects such as fracture healing, myostimulation, joint mobilization
and spasticity reduction. The rPMS have found to decrease spasticity and bring about muscle balance by
relaxing spastic muscles and stimulating antagonistic muscles respectively. Although rPMSis widely used
all over the world, literature on the Indian population is lacking. This case report is the first from India
which describes the beneficial effects of rPMS in UE rehabilitation of a post-stroke individual using BTL-
6000 Super Inductive System.
Keywords: Repetitive magnetic stimulation, Upper limb rehabilitation, Stroke hemiparesis, Super inductive system,
Spasticity.