Effect of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Naming Abilities in Early-Stroke Aphasic Patients: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Sham-Controlled Study

Table 2

Mean total scores of naming test at baseline, after therapy and 15 weeks post-treatment.

	E (𝑛=13)		C (𝑛=13)
	Accuracy	RT	Accuracy	RT
Pre-rTMS (mean, SD)	15.77 (4.76)	2.83 (1.55)	14.00 (5.77)	2.95 (1.54)
Immediately Post-rTMS (mean, SD)	17.92 (3.09)	2.07 (1.58)^†	16.46 (4.56)	3.72 (2.76)
15-week followup (mean, SD)	19.31 (1.55)	1.99 (1.86)	17.62 (4.09)	3.04 (4.42)

E: experimental group, C: control group, SD: standard deviation, Accuracy: total number of pictures correctly named, RT: reaction time, 𝑃: level of significance in U Mann-Whitney test (^∗𝑃<0,017; ^†𝑃<0,05).