Table 3.

Resting motor threshold and correlation with clinical score with respect to time post-stroke onset.

	Acute N = 43	Subacute N = 195	Chronic N = 270	P-value S vs. C
rMT AH (% MSO)	51 ± 22	65 ± 13	58 ± 13	0.15
rMT UH (% MSO)	48 ± 14	49 ± 8	50 ± 11	0.90
MEP– (%)	22 ± 4	34 ± 24	17 ± 20	< 0.001
Samples with non-significant correlations	2/2	3/10	2/10	0.62
	(100%)	(30%)	(20%)
R2 (in samples with significant correlations)	–	30 ± 14	32 ± 18	0.69

S, Subacute; C, chronic; AH, affected hemisphere; UH, unaffected hemisphere; MEP-, patients in whom it was not possible to elicit MEP; MSO, Maximal stimulator output.