Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Primary outcome comparisons between active and sham rTMS groups.

	Group	Baseline score	Score at 1 month	Absolute change in score
UPDRS part III	Active	27.84 ± 8.96	22.26 ± 7.32	−5.58 ± 3.37	<0.001	<0.001
	Sham	29.00 ± 13.16	28.64 ± 13.84	−0.36 ± 1.34	0.34
NMSQ	Active	12.05 ± 4.61	10.37 ± 4.18	−1.68 ± 2.11	<0.01	<0.05
	Sham	8.79 ± 5.16	8.43 ± 5.46	−0.36 ± 1.39	0.36

Abbreviations: UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; NMSQ: Nonmotor Symptom Questionnaire. P1: paired t-test value between baseline and 1 month. : independent t-test between groups.