Table 1.

Demographics, Stroke Characteristics, and Clinical Severity at Baseline

	cTBS (n = 12)	cSham (n = 12)	P	iTBS (n = 13)	iSham (n = 12)	P
Age, ya	55.8 ± 12.4	59.4 ± 12.4	.52	54.4 ± 15.8	58.5 ± 12.0	.47b
Sex, % female	41.7	50	.5c	46.2	25	.41c
DOS, moa	29.8 ± 19.7	49.6 ± 76.9	.9d	17.5 ± 5.1	38.5 ± 57.2	.38d
Lesion location
Subcortical	2/12	7/12	.09c	9/13	5/12	.24c
Cortical involvemente	10/12	5/12		4/13	7/12
Lesion side, % dominant	2/12	8/12	.04c	6/13	9/12	.23c
Barthel indexa	18.3 ± 2	18.3 ± 2	.9d	18.8 ± 2.1	18.8 ± 1.6	.92d
NIHSSa	3.1 ± 1.9	4.2 ± 1.7	.16b	3.5 ± 1.4	4.2 ± 1.3	.25b
ARATa	36.5 ± 11.9	36.7 ± 13.4	0.98b	45.1 ± 11.4	42 ± 10.6	0.49b
RASP
Light touch, pass, %	58.3	75	0.67b	84.6	66.7	0.38b
Discrimination	13.2 ± 4.5	13.7 ± 4.1	0.88c	15.1 ± 2.5	14.9 ± 1.9	0.65c
9HPT, range 0-1a	0.14 ± 0.16	0.23 ± 0.26	0.54b	0.32 ± 0.22	0.27 ± 0.29	0.34b
JTT, range 6-114a	43 ± 17.6	47.2 ± 30.6	0.34b	63.8 ± 20.7	55.1 ± 24.3	0.34b
Graspa	0.47 ± 0.24	0.49 ± 0.27	0.86b	0.55 ± 0.22	0.55 ± 0.21	0.99b
Pinch gripa	0.6 ± 0.3	0.55 ± 0.24	0.91b	0.62 ± 0.26	0.57 ± 0.19	0.75b

Abbreviations: TBS, theta burst stimulation; DOS, date of stroke; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; ARAT, Action Research Arm Test; RASP, Rivermead Assessment of Somatosensory Performance; 9HPT, 9-Hole Peg Test; JTT, Jebsen Taylor Test.

^aMean ± standard deviation.

^bt Test.

^cx².

^dMann-Whitney.

^eSparing the primary motor cortex.