The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Table 2

Results of gait, strength, and spasticity measurements.

(a)

Real stimulation
	Before rTMS	After rTMS		Follow-up
10MWT			0.074		0.124
TUG			0.221		0.158
Ashworth prox.			0.001		0.018
Ashworth dist.			0.813		0.612
Strength prox.			0.004		0.198
Strength dist.			0.041		0.510

(b)

Sham stimulation
	Before rTMS	After rTMS		Follow-up
10MWT			0.109		0.300
TUG			0.433		0.470
Ashworth prox.			0.508		0.477
Ashworth dist.			0.236		0.959
Strength prox.			0.975		0.730
Strength dist.			0.158		0.272

rTMS: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; 10MWT: 10-meter walk test; TUG: timed up and go test; Ashworth prox.: spasticity score of proximal muscles; Ashworth dist.: spasticity score of distal muscles; strength prox.: strength of proximal muscles; strength dist.: strength of distal muscles (in Newtons).