Clinical efficacy of NIBS in enhancing neuroplasticity for stroke recovery.

Journal: Journal of neuroscience methods
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: For stroke patients, a therapeutic approach named Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) was applied and it has gained attention. This NIBS approach enhances the neuroplasticity and facilitates in functional Stroke Rehabilitation (SR) through regulating the brain activity. This NIBS has several advantages, but, the variability in patient responses, poor personalized treatment plans, and challenges in predicting rehabilitation stages may limit its clinical application. The generalized approaches are usually employed by the current SR methods. Here, the Patient-Centric (PC) factors that impacts neuroplasticity fails to be considered by the current SR methods. Thus, Real-Time mechanisms in monitoring and adapting to neural responses are lacking in the current SR methods.

Authors

  • Qing Ye
    School of Computer Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.
  • Xin Wang
    Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China.
  • Ting Li
    Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
  • Jing Xu
    First Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
  • Xiangming Ye
    Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Digital-Intelligent Rehabilitation Equipment, China. Electronic address: yexmdr@hotmail.com.