It Takes Two: Non Invasive Brain Stimulation Combined with Neurorehabilitation

The main goal of neurorehabilitation is to help patients regain as much function as possible after a neurological injury, ideally by leveraging the brain's ability to adapt and reorganize itself. Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, like TMS and tDCS, can directly target brain structures to either boost or calm their activity, which helps guide the brain's recovery process. These techniques, combined with advances in stereotactic navigation and electric field modeling, allow for more precise targeting of specific brain areas in patients, both for diagnosis and treatment. This supplement highlights the significance of TMS and tDCS in neurorehabilitation for various conditions like stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. The supplement emphasizes that non-invasive brain stimulation, whether used alone or with neurorehabilitation, can work together to significantly improve clinical outcomes. The included articles showcase the technologies' diagnostic abilities compared to neuroimaging and highlight their therapeutic benefits, optimal delivery methods, and factors influencing patient response.

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  Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques like TMS and tDCS, can directly target brain structures to either boost or calm their activity, which helps guide the brain's recovery process.
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  The study demonstrates that non-invasive brain stimulation can enhance the efficacy, duration, and number of patients benefiting from neurorehabilitative therapies.
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  The research suggests that combining non-invasive brain stimulation with neurorehabilitation creates a synergistic effect, potentially revolutionizing clinical practice.