Table III.
Results of neurophysiological parameters before and after resting motor threshold (rTMS) (N = 45)
| Variables Mean (SD) | Baseline | Treatment | p-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C group | CS group | CPS group | C group | CS group | CPS group | ||
| rMT (%) | 52.20 (10.84) | 52.00 (11.27) | 51.73 (13.47) | 47.40 (15.38) | 45.20 (9.78) | 40.00 (13.19) | 0.055 |
| Latency (ms) | 22.34 (1.60) | 22.10 (1.16) | 22.24 (1.37) | 22.28 (1.56) | 21.67 (1.17) | 21.84 (1.43) | 0.263 |
| MEP (mV) | 0.71(0.15) | 0.74 (0.17) | 0.72 (0.10) | 0.77 (0.15) | 0.84 (0.17) | 0.86 (0.19) | 0.091 |
| SICI (%) | 0.71 (0.25) | 0.70 (0.18) | 0.72 (0.23) | 0.80 (0.22) | 0.47 (0.36) | 0.46 (0.27) | 0.003* |
CPS: central-associated peripheral stimulation group; CS: central-stimulation-only group; C: control group; MEP: motor-evoked potential; SICI: short-interval intracortical inhibition; SD: standard deviation. A significant improvement was demonstrated in SICI among the 3 groups by 2-way analysis of variance (ANOVA),
*
p < 0.05.