Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Freezing of Gait

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Freezing of Gait

Freezing of gait (FOG) means that patients cannot walk without any known causes, other than parkinsonism, which is very disabling symptom. Patients descirbe their feeling of the feet suddenly being glued to the floor. Transcranial magnetic stiumation is a noninvasive procedure using electromagnetic induction to stimulate brain. Transcranial magnetic stiumation (rTMS) can selectively change brain activity to enhance desired effects. The aim of this study is to the therapeutic effect of rTMS for the FOG.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parkinson's disease or Primary progressive freezing of gait
• age 18 and older
• Freezing of gait

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant or any, other medical, surgical, neurological or psychiatric conditions
• other restrictions which prevent you from undergoing TMS recording, such as; surgically or traumatically implanted foreign bodies such as a pacemaker, an implanted medication pump, a metal plate in the skull, or metal inside the skull or eyes (other than dental appliances or fillings), and/ or heart/cardiac lines
• any past or current history of seizure disorder or epilepsy
• unable to give informed consent