Modulating Brain Connectivity by Simultaneous Dual-Mode Stimulation over Bilateral Primary Motor Cortices in Subacute Stroke Patients

Table 1

Patient characteristics and motor function.

Group	Dual-mode stimulation group	rTMS-only group
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	56.0 ± 13.4	54.8 ± 15.5
Sex (n)
Male	8	9
Female	4	3
Lesion side (n)
Right	5	7
Left	7	5
Bilateral	0	0
Location of lesion (n)
Cortical	1	2
Subcortical	11	10
Type of stroke (n)
Hemorrhagic	5	1
Ischemic	7	11
Time post stroke (days), mean ± SD
Prestimulation	20.1 ± 8.7	15.4 ± 5.3
Poststimulation	94.7 ± 10.1	92.3 ± 5.3
Fugl-Meyer assessment scores, mean ± SD
Prestimulation	43.3 ± 19.5	42.0 ± 16.9
Poststimulation	71.8 ± 26.1	60.0 ± 23.6
BDNF genotype
Val/Val	4	3
Met allele	8	9

BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor.