Comparison of the Effect of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with That of Theta Burst Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Function in Poststroke Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the 103 patients.

	TMS group; ()	TBS group; ()	p value
Age at admission,			0.544
Time after onset of stroke,			0.839
Female, (%)	20 (28.2)	10 (31.3)	0.751
Subtype of stroke, (%)			0.013
Intracerebral hemorrhage	34 (47.9)	7 (21.9)
Cerebral infarction	37 (52.1)	25 (78.1)
Side of hemiparesis, (%)			0.866
Dominant hand	32 (45.1)	15 (46.9)
Nondominant hand	39 (54.9)	17 (53.1)
BRS for hand-fingers at admission, (%)			0.889
Stage 3	12 (16.9)	5 (15.6)
Stage 4	26 (36.6)	13 (40.6)
Stage 5	33 (46.5)	14 (43.8)
FMA,			0.269
Sensory disturbance			0.272
Absent	50 (70.4)	19 (59.4)
Present	21 (29.6)	13 (40.6)

BRS: Brunnstrom recovery stage; FMA: Fugl-Mayer Assessment. are mean ± SD. are median (range).