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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Neurophysiol. 2015 Oct;32(5):428–433. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000203

TABLE 1.

Presession and Postsession Data by Group

Measure	rTMS Group				Sham Group				Absolute Difference in Gain Scores Between Groups
	Pretest		Posttest		Pretest		Posttest
	σ	(±SE)	σ	(±SE)	σ	(±SE)	σ	(±SE)
Motor threshold (% stimulator output)	46.4	(2.7)	46.6	(3.1)	45.5	(2.8)	47.0	(3.5)	1.3
Single-pulse MEP amplitude, mV	2.08	(0.26)	2.32	(0.33)	1.28	(0.12)	1.24	(0.13)	0.2
ICI, mV	0.97	(0.18)	1.70	(0.43)	0.42	(0.07)	0.46	(0.09)	0.7^*
ICF, mV	3.23	(0.35)	3.62	(0.39)	2.51	(0.24)	2.21	(0.25)	0.1^†

Group-by-time interaction, P < 0.01.

^†

Group-by-time interaction, P < 0.05.

ICI, intracortical inhibition; and ICF, intracortical facilitation; MEP, motor evoked potential; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.