High-intensity magnetic stimulation for the rehabilitation of patients suffering traumatic lesions of upper extremity nerves

The present study included a total of 40 patients presenting with traumatic lesions of 64 peripheral nerves and nerve bundles treated by traditional therapeutic and neurophysiological (electroneuromyography, transcranial magnetic stimulation) methods. The study was focused on the evaluation of the influence of high-intensity magnetic stimulation on the clinical course of the disease and the functional state of the neuromotor apparatus. The results of neurophysiological observations indicate that traumatic lesions in the peripheral nervous system are characterized by changes not only in the segmental-peripheral region of the neuromotor apparatuses but also in its central part. These changes are manifest as the altered conduction in the corticospinal tract associated with its structural and functional disturbances. It is concluded that the application of high-intensity magnetic stimulation at the early stage of rehabilitation of patients suffering traumatic lesions in the peripheral nervous system appreciably contributes to the regress of motor, sensory, trophic, vegetative, and vascular disturbances; in addition, it improves the structural and functional state of the neuromotor apparatus.

traumatic lesions of upper extremity nerves, magnetic stimulation, rehabilitation