Neuroplasticity Changes on Human Motor Cortex Induced by Acupuncture Therapy: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

General comparisons by two-way/three-way repeated-measures ANOVA on TMS measures of cortical excitability from both hemisphere and IHI.

		value	value
RMT
Left FDI
TIME	1,9	2.702	0.135
TREATMENT	1,9	0.016	0.902
TIME TREATMENT	1,9	0.595	0.460
Right FDI
TIME	1,9	0.764	0.405
TREATMENT	1,9	2.201	0.172
TIME TREATMENT	1,9	0.310	0.591
MEP amplitudes
Left FDI
TIME	1,9	29.474	<0.0
TREATMENT	1,9	6.202
INTENSITY	4,6	44.853	<0.0
TIME TREATMENT	1,9	19.431
TIME INTENSITY	4,6	1.930	0.225
TREATMENT INTENSITY	4,6	2.418	0.160
TIME TREATMENT INTENSITY	4,6	6.049
Right FDI
TIME	1,9	48.285	<0.0
TREATMENT	1,9	7.151
INTENSITY	4,6	27.591
TIME TREATMENT	1,9	25.475
TIME INTENSITY	4,6	4,722
TREATMENT INTENSITY	4,6	8.096
TIME TREATMENT INTENSITY	4,6	4.558
IHI
TIME	1,9	2,739	0.132
TREATMENT	1,9	3.480	0.095
INTENSITY	3,7	16.012
TIME TREATMENT	1,9	11.976
TIME INTENSITY	3,7	1.425	0.314
TREATMENT INTENSITY	3,7	0.879	0.496
TIME TREATMENT INTENSITY	3,7	1.128	0.401

RMT: resting motor threshold; MEP: motor-evoked potential; IHI: interhemispheric inhibition; FDI: first dorsal interosseous; df: degrees of freedom. .