Abstract
Introduction: The pre-supplementary motor area (Pre-SMA) plays a pivotal role in the control of voluntary motor control and freezing of gait (FOG) pathophysiological mechanism. Here, we aimed to modulate if the pre-SMA would have beneficial effects on motor and behavioural outcomes in freezing of gait. To test this hypothesis, we examined the left pre-SMA stimulating effect of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on motor, cognitive and behavioural parameters in Parkinson’s patients with FOG.
Methods: The study included 20 Parkinson’s patients with FOG (3 females, 17 males) who received the left Pre-SMA rTMS procedure. The clinical assessments were performed on all patients at the baseline and the patients were re-evaluated under the same clinical conditions one week after the end of the sessions.
Results & Discussion: We found significant improvements in motor, cognitive and behavioural symptoms (p<0.05). The main finding of our study is that Pre-SMA is an attractive stimulation area leading to critical improvement of symptoms of Parkinson’s patients with FOG.
Conclusion: The high-frequency rTMS stimulation over the left preSMA has a restorative effect on the motor, cognitive and behavioural symptoms of Parkinson’s patients with FOG.
Keywords: Freezing of gait, parkinson’s disease, presupplementary area, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, motor symptoms, cognitive symptoms, behavioural symptoms.
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