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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Topogr. 2009 Oct 28;22(4):219–232. doi: 10.1007/s10548-009-0115-4

Table 1.

TMS parameters, aftereffect-size and aftereffect-duration broken down according to TMS protocols

Protocol Total N
subjects
Mean total
N of pulse
Mean N of
pulses per train
Mean
train-duration
Mean N
of trains
Mean intertrain
interval
Mean intensity Mean effect-size Mean effect-duration
(time until recovery)
Conventional Low-F: 0.9–1 Hz N = 177 n = 882 (200–1500) n = 882 (200–1500) 15 min (3.3–25 min) n = 1 101%MT (80–130%MT) 31% (n = 11: 10–82%) 31 min (n = 8: 15–70 min)
Conventional High-F: 5–25 Hz N = 251 n = 704 (24–2000) n = 60 (20–300) 9 s (2–60 s) n = 17 (1–100) 102 s (5–300 s) 96%MT (80–110%MT) 30% (n = 11: 10–60%) 28 min (n = 3: 25–30 min)
cTBS N = 55 n = 600 (600–600) n = 600 (600–600) 39 s (33–40 s) n = 1 80%MT (80–80%MT) 35% (n = 5: 15–50%) 70 min (n = 3: 60–90 min)
iTBS N = 35 n = 600 (600–600) n = 30.3 (30–31) 2 s (2–2 s) n = 19.5 (19–20) 8 s (8–8 s) 80%MT (80–80%MT) 17.5% (n = 2: 15–20%) no data
PAS N = 92 n = 150 (90–180) 128%MT (105–150%MT) 22.5% (n = 3: 10–50%) 40 min (n = 2: 20–60 min)

Values represent means or ranges (minimum–maximum)