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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and neurophysiological parameters

From: Modulation of long-term potentiation-like cortical plasticity in the healthy brain with low frequency-pulsed electromagnetic fields

Variable

Real (n = 10)

Sham (n = 10)

p

Age (mean ± SD)

25.5 ± 3.8

25.5 ± 3.8

Gender % (no female)

50 (5)

50 (5)

Educational level, years

21.5 ± 1.9

21.5 ± 1.9

Handedness % (no right)

100 (10)

100 (10)

Correct hypothesis on treatment %

50

50

rMT (% of MSO)

46.4 ± 6.5

46.2 ± 6.5

n.s.

Corticospinal excitability baseline (mV)

1.01 ± 0.12

1.05 ± 0.05

n.s.

Corticospinal excitability post + 0 (mV)

1.60 ± 0.19

1.10 ± 0.14

p = 0.001

Corticospinal excitability post + 15 (mV)

1.69 ± 0.18

1.12 ± 0.21

p < 0.001

Corticospinal excitability, post + 30 (mV)

1.57 ± 0.34

1.07 ± 0.20

p = 0.002

  1. MSO max stimulator output, SD standard deviation, mV millivolt