Increase in Short-Interval Intracortical Facilitation of the Motor Cortex after Low-Frequency Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation of the Unaffected Hemisphere in the Subacute Phase after Stroke

Table 2

Measurements of excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Measure	Baseline	After treatment	Difference	P value
rMT
Active	55.9 (37–73)	55.9 (41–85)	0.3 (−7–17)	0.478^1
Sham	58.7 (39–94)	54.4 (38–72)	−4.2 (−22–10)
SICI
Active	82.3 (27.9–221.5)	51.9 (30.1–89.7)	−30.4 (−158.7–−52.3)	0.145^1
Sham	50.5 (17.8–117.8)	51.0 (21.5–65.5)	0.4 (−52.3–35.5)
ICF
Active	140.3 (94.6–231.1)	164.1 (72.0–242.6)	23.8 (−23.8–112.4)	0.038^1*
Sham	202.3 (75.8–571.8)	140.7 (66.8–380.9)	−61.6 (−190.9–81.3)

rMT = resting motor threshold; SICI = short-interval intracortical inhibition; ICF = short-interval intracortical facilitation; mean; interval. ¹Mann-Whitney test, ^*P ≤ 0.05 (Mann-Whitney test).