TABLE 1.

Demographic information, neurophysiological parameters and motor performance of the two groups at Baseline.

	Elderly	Young	Stat. analyses
Age: Mean year ± SD	72 ± 6 y	24 ± 3 y	t25 = 24.98, p = 0.02
rMT: Mean max stimulator output ± SD	57 ± 17%	43 ± 9%	t25 = 2.71, p = 0.01
1 mV intensity: Mean max stimulator output ± SD	70 ± 18%	66 ± 15%	t25 = 0.61, p = 0.54
Baseline 9HPT: Mean execution time in s ± SD	31 ± 7 s	22 ± 2 s	t25 = 5.09, p < 0.001
Baseline cRT: Mean execution time in ms ± SD	597 ± 139 ms	392 ± 24 ms	t25 = 5.45, p < 0.001
Baseline cRT accuracy: Mean% of correct resonses ± SD	96 ± 7%	96 ± 3%	t25 = −0.05, p = 0.96