Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation (RPMS) for Rehabilitation of Central Paresis – Clinical Experimental Investigations and Technical Approach

Concept of Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation (RPMS) is based on the activation of a reorganization process in the CNS (neuromodulation) by induction of a proprioceptive inflow to the CNS, which corresponds physiologically to the lost inflow during active movements. For the induction of this inflow, we use RPMS which depolarizes thick myelinated nerve fibers of the terminal sensorimotor branches. In contrast to fES, the magnetic field penetrates to deeper regions of the muscle, whereas the current caused by the electrical field will take the way of lowest resistance, thus being fairly limited spatially o…