A Comprehensive Study of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
Table 2
Changes of UPDRS, UPDRSm, Modified Hoehn and Yahr stage, and Schwab and England ADL scale by rTMS (sham and real).
(a)
Before rTMS
After sham rTMS
After real rTMS
value
Drug-on
UPDRS
0.006*
m H & Y
0.132
S&E
0.442
Drug-off
UPDRS
0.003*
m H & Y
0.590
S&E
0.093
Repeated measures ANOVA. *.
(b)
Before rTMS
After sham rTMS
After real rTMS
Sham (1)
Real (2)
Overall (3)
Drug-on
UPDRS
0.066
0.029*
0.005*
Drug-off
UPDRS
0.454
0.015*
0.026*
Paired -test with Bonferroni correction. *. Drug-on: taking drugs as prescribed, drug-off: according to Table 2. UPDRS: unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. S&E: Schwab and England ADL scale, mH & Y: modified Hoehn and Yahr stage. (1): value for between before rTMS and after sham rTMS. (2): value for between after sham rTMS and after real rTMS. (3): value for between before rTMS and after real rTMS.