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* | |
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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.