Testing rTMS-Induced Neuroplasticity: A Single Case Study of Focal Hand Dystonia

Figure 1

Daily experimental design for both MD patient and control participant. The graph represents the three daily phases of the experiment: behavioral and neurophysiological indexes were measured both before (prestimulation) and after (poststimulation) each stimulation session with low-frequency rTMS (1 Hz) on the left M1 (stimulation). The kinematic behavioral assessment (KB and KT) consisted of two tasks: finger abduction (task 1) and reach-to-grasp (task 2). In the neurophysiological assessment (NB and NT), the resting motor threshold was measured to assess corticospinal excitability variations. This protocol was repeated for five consecutive days.