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. 2017 Feb 22;12(2):e0172333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172333

Table 1. Mean baseline values for CMEPs, MEPs, H-reflex recruitment curve parameters and HD show no significant differences between days.

Real tsDCS day Sham tsDCS day p*
CMEP (% Mmax)
Biceps 9.46 (6.44 to 12.5) 9.07 (6.60 to 11.5) 0.64
FCR 3.53 (1.43 to 5.64) 1.89 (1.27 to 2.51) 0.05
MEP (% Mmax)
Biceps 1.36 (0.364 to 2.36) 1.25 (0.404 to 2.09) 0.61
FCR 5.33 (2.89 to 7.76) 7.16 (2.84 to 11.5) 0.14
FDI 15.6 (5.54 to 25.6) 17.1 (6.91 to 27.3) 0.08
Recruitment curve parameters
Hmax (% Mmax) 29.6 (20.6 to 38.5) 25.6 (16.1 to 35.1) 0.19
Slope 25.1 (22.3 to 28.0) 28.1 (19.9 to 36.4) 0.44
Sthresh (x MT) 0.730 (0.664 to 0.797) 0.726 (0.661 to 0.790) 0.87
S50 (x MT) 0.859 [0.798 to 0.919) 0.874 (0.782 to 0.966) 0.72
S99 (x MT) 1.06 (0.999 to 1.12) 1.11 (0.908 to 1.30) 0.61
HD
H1Hz (% H0.1Hz) 43.8 (33.0 to 54.6) 44.1 (36.7 to 51.6) 0.93

Data are presented as mean values with lower and upper limit 95% CIs.

* p values were produced with two-tailed, paired samples t-tests comparing baseline values on each day of the study.