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Table 3 Significant predictor variables for motor evoked potential (MEP) latency by mapped muscle

From: The variability of motor evoked potential latencies in neurosurgical motor mapping by preoperative navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

Muscle

Predictors

p

APB MEP latency (mu) (n = 197)

Plus gender

<0.001

Plus AED

0.012

Plus rMT

0.008

ADM MEP latency (mu) (n = 192)

Plus gender

0.001

Plus AED

0.016

Plus tumor side

0.009

FCR MEP latency (mu) (n = 157)

Plus gender

<0.001

Plus AED

0.012

Plus tumor location

0.016

  1. This table shows the predictor variables for MEP latencies that were statistically significant. In this context, common factors (gender and antiepileptics = AED) and muscle-specific factors (resting motor threshold = rMT, tumor side, tumor location) were revealed for abductor pollicis brevis muscle (APB), abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM), and flexor carpi radialis muscle (FCR)
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BMC Neuroscience

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