Effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) after acute stroke: A one‐year longitudinal randomized trial

Abstract

rTMS facilitates motor recovery of acute stroke patients, and the effect can last to 1 month, except the function improvement on upper extremities could last for 1 year. A single course of rTMS in the acute stage may induce the improvement of upper extremities function lasted for 1 year.