Table 3.
Variable | PD Group | PSP Group | ||||||
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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.