Table 1.
Subject characteristics
| Subject | Sex | Age (years) | Stroke Location | Stroke Hemisphere (relative to preferred Hand before stroke) | Stroke Duration (months) | UEFM | MMSE | BDI | NIHSS | Responder Vs. Nonresponder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 70 | R temporal, frontal, parietal lobes, insula, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 118 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 2 | Nonresponder |
| 2 | M | 59 | L parietal lobe, insula, internal capsule | Contralateral | 58 | 54 | 23 | 1 | 1 | Responder |
| 3 | F | 53 | R frontal, parietal, temporal lobes, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 47 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 4 | Responder |
| 4 | F | 82 | L frontal, parietal lobes, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 75 | 53 | 30 | 7 | 5 | Responder |
| 5 | M | 54 | R temporal, frontal lobes, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 31 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 4 | Nonresponder |
| 6 | M | 79 | L frontal lobe, internal capsule | Contralateral | 48 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 3 | Responder |
| 7 | M | 51 | L frontal, parietal lobes, internal capsule | Contralateral | 34 | 23 | MD | 8 | 7 | Nonresponder |
| 8 | F | 65 | R frontal, parietal, temporal lobes, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 33 | 31 | MD | 12 | 8 | Nonresponder |
| 9 | M | 58 | R frontal lobe, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 44 | 57 | 30 | 10 | 4 | Responder |
| 10 | M | 73 | L parietal lobe | Contralateral | 78 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 4 | Responder |
| 11 | F | 54 | R frontal, temporal lobes | Ipsilateral | 29 | 46 | 30 | 22 | 4 | Nonresponder |
| 12 | M | 55 | L frontal lobe, internal capsule | Ipsilateral | 15 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 6 | Responder |
rTMS = Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, M = male, F = female, R = right, L = Left, UEFM = Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer (0–66, best = 66), MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination (0–30, best = 30), BDI = Beck Depression Inventory (0–63, best = 0), NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (0–42, best = 0), MD = missing data.