TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics for each group at baseline.
| rTMS/sham SS (n = 9) |
sham rTMS/SS (n = 9) |
rTMS/SS (n = 9) |
sham rTMS/sham SS (n = 9) | P-value | |
| Age median (IQR) | 63 (59.7 to 75) | 66.5 (57.7 to 72) | 63.6 (60 to 72) | 63 (59 to 75) | 0.9982 |
| Gender, male n (%) | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.5) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | 0.7081 |
| Type stroke, ischemic n (%) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 0.5261 |
| Stroke time (weeks) median (IQR) | 8.5 (5 to 22) | 8 (4.7 to 20) | 11 (8 to 22) | 11.5 (6.2 to 22) | 0.6012 |
| Hemiparesis, right n (%) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | 5 (55.5) | 6 (66.6) | 0.4241 |
| Dominance, right n (%) | 9 (100) | 8 (88.8) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 0.4281 |
| MMSE median (IQR) | 25.5 (24 to 30) | 25.5 (24 to 30) | 24 (21.2 to 29) | 19.5 (18 to 30) | 0.1092 |
| FM-Motor median (IQR) | 53.5 (40.2 to 62) | 37.5 (19.5 to 60) | 48.5 (39.2 to 60) | 36.5 (29.7 to 61) | 0.4222 |
| FM-Sensory median (IQR) | 9.5 (7.5 to 10) | 7 (5.2 to 10) | 8 (7 to 10) | 8 (6 to 8.7) | 0.5142 |
FM-M, Fugl-Meyer; MMSE, Mini Mental State examination score; SS, peripheral somatosensory stimulation; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Data are presented as median, interquartile range, absolute frequency and relative frequency.
1Chi-square test and 2 Kruskal-Wallis.