Clinical Study

Recurrent CSPs after Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Motor Cortex in Restless Legs Syndrome

Table 1

Motor conduction time (MCT) and central motor conduction time (CMCT) in abductor digiti minimi (ADM) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles did not differ between the subjects with RLS and controls. The results were measured on the contralateral body side after transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on the dominant (Dom) and nondominant (ND) motor cortex areas.

Side of S.n MCT (ms)MCT (ms)CMCT (ms)CMCT (ms)
mean (sd)mean (sd)mean (sd)mean (sd)
DomNDDomND

Controls/ADM(6)21.2 (1.34)21.05 (1.09)6.53 (1.73)6.18 (1.05)
RLS/ADM(6)20.75 (0.65)21.37 (1.04)6.82 (0.39)7.47 (0.63)
Controls/TA(6)29.23 (2.30)28.62 (1.57)11.93 (1.56)10.99 (1.17)
RLS/TA(6)28.13 (2.51)28.15 (3.01)11.70 (2.91)11.27 (3.21)

Side of S.: side of hemispheric stimulation, ms: millisecond, sd: standard deviation, n: number of subjects.