Table 2.

nTMS results presented as group means (standard deviation)

	Hemisphere	AS	Within-group	Control	Within-group	Between-groups
rMT (% of stimulator output)	L	56 (10)	0.944	62 (16)	0.042*	0.645
	R	56 (16)		58 (14)		0.721
Silent period duration (ms)	L	124 (30)	0.050*	117 (43)	0.499	0.867
	R	97 (34)		115 (39)		0.645
MEP at rest amplitude (mV)	L	0.60 (0.61)	0.889	0.73 (0.57)	0.735	0.161
	R	0.54 (0.34)		0.59 (0.18)		0.613
MEP at rest latency (ms)	L	20.6 (1.1)	0.674	21.0 (1.8)	0.686	0.382
	R	20.5 (1.3)		20.9 (1.7)		0.613
Active MEP latency (ms)	L	18.3 (1.4)	0.017*	18.3 (2.0)	0.611	0.878
	R	19.4 (2.0)		18.2 (1.8)		0.195
Area hand (cm2)	L	7.15 (3.30)	0.128	6.86 (4.12)	0.889	0.878
	R	5.76 (2.11)		6.51 (2.10)		0.867
Area arm (cm2)	L	8.59 (4.38)	0.176	6.36 (5.37)	0.484	0.234
	R	5.89 (4.07)		6.62 (2.84)		0.536
Overlap hand/arm (%)	L	60 (14)	0.043*	53 (13)	0.263	0.382
	R	53 (17)		57 (14)		0.955

Between-group differences were tested with Mann–Whitney U-test and within-group differences between the hemispheres with Wilcoxon signed rank test. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) are shown with asterisks

rMT resting motor threshold, MEP motor-evoked potential