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Table 1 Descriptive and statistical data of changes in motor cortex excitability in dependence from rTMS intervention and treatment response

From: Changes in motor cortex excitability associated with temporal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in tinnitus: hints for cross-modal plasticity?

  

pre rTMS

post rTMS

Main effect treatment

Main effect response

Interaction effect

resting motor threshold

non-responder

42.6 ± 8.2

41.5 ± 8.5

F = 52.679;

F = 0.062;

F = 0.268;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

responder

42.8 ± 7.8

42.0 ± 8.0

p = 0.024+

p = 0.805

p = 0.606

short-interval intra-cortical inhibition

non-responder

0.58 ± 0.51

0.47 ± 0.28

F = 0.319;

F = 2.323;

F = 6.447;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

responder

0.41 ± 0.29

0.47 ± 0.33

p = 0.574

p = 0.130

p = 0.012*

intra-cortical facilitation

non-responder

1.68 ± 1.24

1.43 ± 0.74

F = 3.079;

F = 3.474;

F = 2.823;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

responder

1.32 ± 0.39

1.32 ± 0.36

p = 0.082

p = 0.065

p = 0.096

cortical silent period

non-responder

0.108 ± 0.040

0.107 ± 0.044

F = 0.080;

F = 1.818;

F = 0.179;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

df = 1,114;

 

responder

0.118 ± 0.065

0.123 ± 0.104

p = 0.778

p = 0.180

p = 0.673

  1. *significant at a Bonferroni corrected threshold with p-values displayed uncorrected; +near significant at a Bonferroni corrected threshold with p-values displayed uncorrected.