Table 2.

Effects of 1 Hz rTMS swallowing behaviour

	Baseline	0 min	30 min	60 min
A
Normal swallows
Pharynx – strong	1333 ± 68	1201 ± 65	1168 ± 71	1230 ± 69
Pharynx – weak	1179 ± 77	1209 ± 63	1153 ± 73	1189 ± 79
Sham	1326 ± 59	1304 ± 61	1310 ± 52	1303 ± 59
Fast swallows
Pharynx – strong	1122 ± 58	1016 ± 54	985 ± 47	997 ± 54
Pharynx – weak	926 ± 38	917 ± 37	946 ± 43	935 ± 44
Sham	1076 ± 52	1108 ± 57	1118 ± 45	1083 ± 46
B
Challenge swallows
Pharynx – strong	11 ± 2	12 ± 2	12 ± 2	11 ± 2
Pharynx – weak	11 ± 2	12 ± 2	11 ± 2	10 ± 2
Sham	13 ± 2	16 ± 2	16 ± 2	15 ± 1

A, group mean normal and fast swallowing reaction times for each time point before and after active and sham 1 Hz rTMS interventions. B, group mean number of correctly timed challenge swallows (out of 30) for each time point before and after active and sham 1 Hz rTMS interventions. All data are presented as mean ± s.e.m. (ms/number of correctly timed swallows).