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. 2020 Dec 12;10(4):274. doi: 10.3390/jpm10040274

Table 3.

Right-to-left difference of TMS parameters within the PD and PSP group.

Variable PD Group PSP Group
Wilcoxon’s Test Effect Size Cohen’s d Wilcoxon’s Test Effect Size Cohen’s d
Valid Z p Valid Z p
Right versus left FDI MEP amplitude 27 1.670 0.095 0.321 22 2.581 0.001 0.550
Right versus left FDI MEP latency 25 0.740 0.459 0.148 21 2.468 0.0135 0.539
Right versus left FDI CMCT 28 0.079 0.936 0.015 20 0.317 0.751 0.071
Right versus left FDI rMT 25 0.673 0.501 0.135 23 0.395 0.693 0.082
Right versus left FDI CSP 28 0.285 0.776 0.054 23 0.426 0.670 0.089

Legend (in alphabetical order): CMCT: central motor conduction time; CSP: cortical silent period; FDI: First Dorsal Interosseous muscle; MEP: motor evoked potential; PD: Parkinson’s disease; PSP: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; rMT: resting motor threshold; TMS: transcranial magnetic stimulation; NS: not significant; numbers in bold: statistically significant p values.