International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Takuya Hada

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• Case Report
  Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Combination with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Patient with Apathy Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report
  Author(s): Takuya Hada and Masahiro Abo Takuya Hada and Masahiro Abo
  
  Currently, few reports are available on rehabilitation treatment combined with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in patients with higher brain dysfunctions. Here, we report the case of a patient with apathy following traumatic brain injury, who underwent rehabilitation in combination with rTMS. The patient is a 31-year-old woman who was diagnosed with higher brain dysfunction with symptoms of apathy and attentional deficit based on clinical symptoms and neuropsychological examinations. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) revealed decreased blood flow in the medial frontal lobe. The patient was hospitalized for two weeks of inpatient treatment. Low-frequency rTMS was applied over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and administered at 90% of minimum motor threshold for the upper limb motor area, 1 Hz, for 40 minutes once.. View More»
  

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