Table 5.

Active and resting motor threshold, resting MEP amplitudes, resting iSP area and duration of the iSP before and after 600 stimuli of subthreshold 5 Hz rTMS to the left M1

Parameter	Before rTMS	After rTMS	t test
RMT (% of maximal stimulator output)	33.1 ± 6.1	33.8 ± 6.2	n.s.
AMT (% of maximal stimulator output)	25.3 ± 4.9	25.0 ± 4.6	n.s.
Mean cMEP amplitude during ipsilateral contraction (mV).	3.1 ± 1.9	3.2 ± 1.9	n.s
Mean iSP area (mv.ms)	0.16 ± 0.07	0.14 ± 0.06	P < 0.01
iSP duration (ms)	33.5 ± 9.2	30.5 ± 10.4	n.s.

RMT, resting motor threshold; AMT, active motor threshold; n.s., not significant; each value corresponds to the mean (±s.e.m.) of nine subjects.