Clinical Study
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Does Not Improve the Sequence Effect in Freezing of Gait
Table 2
Changes of clinical and gait assessments across the study.
| MMRM | DF | F value | value | Tn | Post hoc ( value) | Real group | Sham group |
| FOG-Q | Group | 1 | 0.280 | 0.601 | T3 | 0.003 | 1.000 | Visit | 2 | 3.641 | 0.033 | T5 | 0.023 | 1.000 | Group visit | 2 | 3.445 | 0.039 | | | | MDS-UPDRS III | Group | 1 | 0.941 | 0.341 | T1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | Visit | 5 | 3.576 | 0.005 | T2 | 0.038 | 1.000 | Group visit | 5 | 1.158 | 0.334 | T3 | 0.002 | 1.000 | | | | | T4 | 0.000 | 1.000 | | | | | T5 | 0.004 | 1.000 | Ambulation time (seconds) | Group | 1 | 8.535 | 0.007 | T1 | 0.048 | 1.000 | Visit | 5 | 2.919 | 0.016 | T2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | Group visit | 5 | 3.158 | 0.010 | T3 | 0.004 | 1.000 | | | | | T4 | 0.000 | 1.000 | | | | | T5 | 0.000 | 1.000 | Cadence (steps/min) | Group | 1 | 0.721 | 0.404 | T1 | 0.241 | 1.000 | Visit | 5 | 3.214 | 0.009 | T2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | Group visit | 5 | 2.788 | 0.020 | T3 | 0.178 | 1.000 | | | | | T4 | 0.021 | 1.000 | | | | | T5 | 0.000 | 1.000 | Step count | Group | 1 | 7.834 | 0.010 | T1 | 0.871 | 1.000 | Visit | 5 | 2.008 | 0.082 | T2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | Group visit | 5 | 2.446 | 0.038 | T3 | 0.090 | 1.000 | | | | | T4 | 0.007 | 1.000 | | | | | T5 | 0.009 | 1.000 | Velocity (cm/sec) | Group | 1 | 6.471 | 0.018 | T1 | 0.190 | 1.000 | Visit | 1 | 4.890 | 0.000 | T2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | Group visit | 5 | 3.381 | 0.007 | T3 | 0.010 | 1.000 | | | | | T4 | 0.000 | 1.000 | | | | | T5 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
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Tn: test number; post hoc: comparing with T0; MMRM: mixed effect model repeated measures; DF: degree of freedom. . |