Table 3. Comparison of iTBS Effects on the Hand Function Before and Two Sessions After the Intervention in Nine MS Patients^a.

Variable	Session 1	Session 2	Difference Between Session 1 and Session 2	Session 3	Difference Between Session 1 and Session 3
Time to complete 9HPT by both hands, (s)	22 ± 1.3	20.1 ± 1.4	P = 0.015	20 ± 1.4	P = 0.026
Number of transferred blocks in BBT by both hands	58.7 ± 11.4	65.7 ± 9.3	P = 0.005	67.3 ± 8.8	P = 0.004

Abbreviations: MS, multiple sclerosis; iTBS: intermittent theta burst stimulation; 9HPT, nine-hole peg test; BBT, box and block test; Session 1, before the intervention; Session 2, immediately after the last session of the intervention; Session 3, three days after the last session of the intervention.

^aValues are expressed as mean ± SD.