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. 2021 Sep 9;60(2):135–141. doi: 10.1038/s41393-021-00703-8

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Summary data Individual data
rTMS (n = 10) Sham (n = 9) p P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19
Age 57.1 ± 8.3 51.8 ± 12.1 0.28 35 36 47 70 60 59 43 55 61 48 68 56 60 51 64 58 57 42 67
Gender (M/F) 8/2 7/2 M M M M F M F M M M F M M F M M M M M
BMI 29.8 ± 6.7 27.4 ± 4.5 0.36 25.1 27.5 22.9 34.3 31.8 22.2 32.9 25.4 24.4 21.7 24.1 39.7 24.8 31.2 34.0 22.0 35.6 37.9 27.5
NLIa 10.5 ± 8.1 10.3 ± 7.8 0.96 L2 C4 C4 C8 C5 T12 C4 C2 L1 C5 C5 L2 C4 T10 T9 C2 C5 T3 T11
AIS classificationb 3[2;3] 3[3;3] 0.55d C D D D D D D D C D C C D C D D D D A
Time since injury (days) 91.3 ± 40.8 87.3 ± 69.5 0.88 81 31 58 71 253 26 46 97 123 133 115 90 30 105 41 158 72 110 59
Etiology (traumatic/non-traumatic) 3/7 3/6 T NT NT NT NT T NT T NT T NT NT NT NT NT T NT NT T
Self-reported global painc 17.5 ± 17.5 24.0 ± 17.3 0.43 30 5 30 15 10 50 20 6 50 10 25 0 0 10 25 5 35 55 10

Reported as means ± SD or medians [95%CI]. P1–P9 received sham stimulation, P10–19 received real rTMS.

AIS ASIA Impairment Scale, NLI neurological level of injury.

aCalculated as C1 = 1, C2 = 2… S5 = 30.

bCalculated as A = 0, B = 1, C = 2, D = 3.

cGlobal self-reported average pain over the last 7 days (0–100-point numerical rating scale).

dMann–Whitney U-test.