《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2023, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (3): 262-268.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2023.03.003

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Effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation rope training and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on upper limb motor function of stroke patients with hemiplegia

LIANG Tianjia, LONG Yaobin(), LU Liyan, ZHOU Jinying, HUANG Fucai, WU Yingchao, LONG Yaoxiang, WEI Xiaocui   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
  • Received:2022-09-26 Revised:2022-12-16 Published:2023-03-25 Online:2023-04-14
  • Contact: LONG Yaobin E-mail:ltj668@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Guangxi Medical and Health Appropriate Technology Development, Promotion and Application(S2019010);Guangxi Medical and Health Appropriate Technology Development, Promotion and Application(S2019010);Guangxi Medical and Health Key Discipline Construction ([2022]4)

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the effect of combination of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) rope training and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on upper limb motor function of stroke patients with hemiplegia.

Methods From March, 2021 to February, 2022, 90 stroke inpatients with hemiplegia in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were divided into control group (n = 30), rope group (n = 30) and combination group (n = 30) randomly. All the groups received routine rehabilitation, while the control group received routine PNF training, the rope group received PNF rope training, and the combination group received PNF rope training and rTMS, for four weeks. They were assessed with Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity-Hong Kong version (FTHUE-HK), Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremities (FMA-UE) and modified Barthel Index (MBI) before and after treatment.

Results The scores of FTHUE-HK, FMA-UE and MBI increased in all the three groups after treatment (t > 2.167, P < 0.05), and they were more in the combination group than in the rope group (P < 0.05), and in the rope group than in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion The combination of PNF rope training and rTMS is more effective on motor function of upper limbs of stroke patients with hemiplegia than PNF training alone.

Key words: stroke, upper extremity, motor function, rope therapy, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

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