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. 2013 Jan 3;8(1):e52968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052968

Table 1. Results of the transcranial magnetic stimulation measurements.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Measurements
Task MEP amplitude MEP integral ICF amplitude ICF integral SICI amplitude SICI integral CSP 110% CSP 120% CSP 130%
SLsighted 1.74 [±0.78] 34.52 [±17.60] 0.271 [±0.042] 0.136 [±0.05] 0.069 [±0.07] 0.021 [±0.023] 68.24 [±18.80] 92.62 [±26.07] 114.9 [±32.43]
1.59 [±0.73] 28.81 [±13.91] 0.264 [±0.098] 0.134 [±0.03] 0.056 [±0.042] 0.016 [±0.014] 73.47 [±20.67] 95.65 [±30.02] 116.6 [±32.56]
SLblindfold 1.67 [±0.50] 31.30 [±11.24] 0.356 [±0.246] 0.284 [±0.26] 0.137 [±0.25] 0.100 [±0.193] 88.74 [±25.24] 109.9 [±20.36] 148.4 [±28.41]
1.47 [±0.56] 28.12 [±13.75] 0.361 [±0.284] 0.315 [±0.29] 0.11 [±0.155] 0.073 [±0.122] 90.82 [±32.10] 121.0 [±24.02] 139.5 [±31.60]
SActivation 1.32 [±0.29] 25.88 [±9.54] 0.241 [±0.178] 0.149 [±0.13] 0.073 [±0.067] 0.042 [±0.037] 77.17 [±29.29] 100.5 [±28.28] 120.1 [±32.54]
1.18 [±0.39] 23.57 [±11.26] 0.283 [±0.195] 0.198 [±0.16] 0.069 [±0.067] 0.036 [±0.037] 78.35 [±40.48] 101.7 [±40.05] 125.5 [±43.82]
Control 1.30 [±0.39] 23.30 [±10.56] 0.279 [±0.169] 0.204 [±0.15] 0.062 [±0.071] 0.040 [±0.052] 86.21 [±20.44] 109.7 [±23.65] 137.7 [±48.99]
1.28 [±0.44] 23.95 [±12.98] 0.377 [±0.156] 0.296 [±0.15] 0.129 [±0.145] 0.085 [±0.10] 79.19 [±25.45] 108.5 [±29.79] 123.3 [±22.40]

Data given in mean and standard deviation in parentheses before and after the intervention (amplitudes in mV; integrals in mV*ms; SICI and ICF as their index; CSP in s).

MEP: motor evoked potential. ICF: intracortical facilitation. SICI: short intracortical inhibition. CSP: cortical silent period. SL: somatosensory learning. S: somatosensory.