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. 2021 Oct 25;2021(10):CD012612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012612.pub2

Kinoshita 2020.

Study name Dose–response of rPMS for upper limb hemiparesis after stroke
Methods RCT
Participants Target sample size of 50
Interventions The intervention is rPMS
Group 1: control
Group 2: 2400 pulses
Group 3: 4800 pulses
Groups 2 and 3 could be included in the analysis
Outcomes FMA Upper Extremity
modified Ashworth Scale
Active ROM Goniometry
FIM
Starting date 20 January 2020
Contact information kinoshita@jikei.ac.jp
Notes Although amount is measures in number of pulses of rPMS, the protocol explains that "Each train of rPMS stimuli will be applied at 20 Hz for 3 seconds followed by a 27 second rest interval. Eighty such trains of rPMS stimuli will be applied as the daily 4800 pulses of rPMS therapy, and 40 such trains of rPMS stimuli will be applied as the daily 2400 pulses of rPMS, in the respective treatment groups."
Therefore, intervention for group 3 will take twice as long as intervention for groups 2