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. 2020 Jul 17;6:16. doi: 10.1038/s41531-020-0118-0

Table 3.

Clinical efficiency of the verum and sham rTMS.

Verum group Sham group F p
FOGQ
 T0 16.04 ± 0.82 16.00 ± 1.84 Group 0.34 0.56
 T2 14.44 ± 0.82 15.40 ± 1.83 Time 3.04 0.06
 T4 13.91 ± 0.84 16.40 ± 1.84 Group × time 3.57 0.04*
MDS-UPDRS III
 T0 34.75 ± 3.08 35.40 ± 4.36 Group 0.62 0.44
 T1 31.75 ± 3.08 35.10 ± 4.36 Time 7.12 <0.01*
 T2 29.55 ± 3.08 34.60 ± 4.36 Group × time 3.15 0.02*
 T3 28.06 ± 3.10 33.41 ± 4.37
 T4 28.96 ± 3.11 35.16 ± 4.39
Gait analyses
Total duration (s)
 T0 26.15 ± 2.16 27.34 ± 3.06 Group 1.44 0.24
 T1 23.11 ± 2.16 28.45 ± 3.07 Time 1.41 0.23
 T2 23.61 ± 2.17 28.13 ± 3.06 Group × time 4.97 <0.01*
 T3 24.24 ± 2.19 29.46 ± 3.08
 T4 23.70 ± 2.19 29.50 ± 3.10
Cadence (steps/min)
 T0 113.73 ± 2.07 122.89 ± 2.92 Group 0.92 0.34
 T1 115.98 ± 2.07 118.24 ± 3.00 Time 0.72 0.58
 T2 115.63 ± 2.09 118.33 ± 2.92 Group × time 2.68 0.04*
 T3 117.16 ± 2.23 119.07 ± 3.09
 T4 116.40 ± 2.23 114.89 ± 3.20
Turn: Duration (s)
 T0 4.01 ± 0.47 4.10 ± 0.66 Group 1.12 0.30
 T1 3.53 ± 0.47 4.61 ± 0.67 Time 0.36 0.83
 T2 3.39 ± 0.47 4.46 ± 0.67 Group × time 3.30 0.01*
 T3 3.59 ± 0.48 4.36 ± 0.67
 T4 3.54 ± 0.48 4.69 ± 0.68
Turn to Sit (s)
 T0 5.73 ± 0.51 5.64 ± 0.72 Group 0.96 0.34
 T1 4.91 ± 0.51 5.98 ± 0.72 Time 0.71 0.59
 T2 4.83 ± 0.51 5.93 ± 0.72 Group × time 3.05 0.02*
 T3 4.99 ± 0.52 6.07 ± 0.73
 T4 5.15 ± 0.52 6.12 ± 0.74

Means and SD are shown for continuous variables.