METHOD FOR TREATING ISCHEMIC CEREBRAL INSULTS Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out cerebral cortex motor centers stimulation by acting first of all upon right hand motor zone point. Magnetic coil center is positioned 3 cm to the left from the zone, the Cz electrode is placed. Then, the action is applied to the second point being motor zone of the right hand with magnetic coil center being positioned 3 cm to the right from the zone, the Cz electrode is placed. Both points are stimulated with pulsating magnetic field of 1.5-3 Tesla units during 5 min. The third lower extremity motor zone stimulation point is acted with magnetic coil center being positioned 4 cm in front of and 1 cm to the left from the zone, the Cz electrode is placed. The fourth point of stimulation is left lower extremity motor zone. The magnetic coil center is positioned 4 cm in front of and 1 cm to the right from the zone, the Cz electrode is placed. These zones are stimulated during 5 min with pulsating magnetic field of 2-4.5 Tesla units. Cerebral motor center stimulation procedure being over, electromagnetic stimulation of the spinal cord is carried out by acting upon radixes of the cervical enlargement of the spinal cord with magnetic coil center being positioned first above the spinous process of the C7 vertebra and then by acting upon radixes of the lumbar enlargement with magnetic coil center being positioned above the spinous process of the L5 vertebra. The radixes of the cervical enlargement are stimulated with pulsating magnetic field of 1.5-3 Tesla units during 5 min. The radixes of the lumbar enlargement are stimulated with pulsating magnetic field of 2-4.5 Tesla units during 5 min. After the cerebral cortex points magnetic stimulation session being over, audio-visual stimulation is additionally carried out with audio-visual signal frequency being selected in the area beginning from 8 Hz with smooth rise to 15 Hz and the session duration being equal to 15 min. Irritation being available, the audio- visual signal frequency is selected beginning from 10 Hz with smooth reduction to 5 Hz during 20 min. The treatment course is composed of 14 alternating daily sessions of magnetic cerebral cortex points stimulation and audio-visual stimulation sessions. Stimulation threshold is determined for each patient in all stimulation points by increasing stimulus intensity by 10% beginning from the value of 30% of the maximum power of 5 Tl to the moment, one half of the stimuli invokes induced motor potentials. Treatment is carried out with subthreshold impulse being 10-20% below the threshold one. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; reduced neurologic deficiency. 3 cl, 4 dwg, 4 tbl