Table 2.
Anodal group N = 11 | Cathodal group N = 12 | Sham group N = 11 | P value time × groups (anodal vs. sham) | P value time × groups (cathodal vs. sham) | P value time × groups (anodal vs. cathodal) | P value time × groups (anodal/cathodal/sham) | |
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P300 latency (mean ± sd) in ms | |||||||
Pre-session | 379.8 ± 55.6 | 395.1 ± 64.2 | 350.5 ± 60.6 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.79 | 0.023 |
Post 10th session | 336.5 ± 49.3 | 357.9 ± 62.5 | 371.2 ± 49.4 | ||||
P value t-test (pre–post sessions) | 0.041* | 0.034* | 0.21 | ||||
P300 amplitude (mean ± sd) in μv) | |||||||
Pre-session | 10.4 ± 6.5 | 8.2 ± 3.9 | 10.7 ±4 | 0.80 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 0.9 |
Post 10th session | 9.9 ± 4.8 | 7.8 ± 3.1 | 9.7 ± 5.4 | ||||
P value t-test (pre–post sessions) | 0.79 | 0.94 | 0.72 | ||||
P300 reaction time (mean ± sd) in ms | |||||||
Pre-session | 569.9 ± 105.8 | 557.3 ± 71.8 | 569.7 ± 109.1 | 0.42 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.064 |
Post 10th session | 585.4 ± 128.8 | 505 ± 72.8 | 559.5 ± 136.5 | ||||
P value t-test (pre–post sessions) | 0.54 | 0.016 | 1 |
Values in the pre-session and post 10th session are expressed as mean ± SD.
P values are obtained from two way ANOVAs with TREATMENT GROUP(anodal, cathodal, and sham tDCS) as between subject factor and TIME(pre-session and post 10th session) as within-subject factor.
*P < 0.05.