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Table 2 Stimulation parameters

From: Intra- and interobserver variability of language mapping by navigated transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

 

1st mapping

2nd mapping

3rd mapping

p

Pain (VAS)

convexity

1.7 ± 1.2

2.1 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 1.2

0.662

(Mean ± SD)

temporal

5.5 ± 1.6

5.7 ± 1.8

4.8 ± 1.5

0.318

motor threshold

(% Output) (mean ± SD)

37.8 ± 7.0

36.7 ± 5.4

35.9 ± 7.1

0.439

mapping intensity (% MT) (mean ± SD)

102 ± 6

104 ± 8

102 ± 6

0.685

most comfortable

5 Hz, 5 Pulses

5

3

2

0.233

7 Hz, 5 Pulses

2

6

6

 

7 Hz, 7 Pulses

3

1

2

 
  1. Stimulation parameters used in the study including pain score according to the visual analogue scale (VAS). RMT = resting motor threshold (stimulator output); Hz = stimulation train frequency; # pulses = number of pulses in train; int % = stimulation intensity (of maximum stimulator output).
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BMC Neuroscience

ISSN: 1471-2202

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