Table 5.
Pearson’s correlation between motor functional assessment and rMEP amplitude
| Left side rMEP amplitude | Right side rMEP amplitude | |||
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| r-value | P-value | r-value | P-value | |
| Before | ||||
| LEMS | 0.314 | 0.275 | 0.366 | 0.199 |
| berg balance | 0.136 | 0.624 | 0.246 | 0.396 |
| SCIM-III | 0.460 | 0.098 | 0.507 | 0.064 |
| 10m WS | 0.222 | 0.446 | 0.271 | 0.345 |
| After | ||||
| LEMS | 0.086 | 0.796 | 0.640 | 0.014 |
| berg balance | 0.106 | 0.719 | 0.533 | 0.050 |
| SCIM-III | 0.486 | 0.078 | 0.428 | 0.127 |
| 10m WS | 0.098 | 0.739 | 0.127 | 0.665 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 14). 10m WS: 10-m walking speed; LEMS: Lower extremity motor score; rMEP: resting Motor evoked potential; SCIM-III: Spinal Cord Independence Measure-III.