Fig. 5. When the treatment effects from baseline to immediately and 4 weeks after rTMS were compared between the two groups, no difference in improvement of the MMSE and K-MBI scores was observed (A, B). ΔMMSE, ΔK-MBI, amount of change from before rTMS. rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Group A, rTMS over the cortex representing the suprahyoid muscle; Group B, rTMS over the cortex representing the abductor pollicis brevis; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination; K-MBI, Korean version of the Modified Barthel Index.