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Table 1 Characteristics of studies investigating the effects of a single session of rTMS

From: Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in modulating cortical excitability in patients with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

n

Stroke

rTMS protocol

TMS measures

Takeuchi et al. (2005)

10

 ≥ 6 mth

Contra-FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1500 pulses

UH: MEP; iSP (UH → AH)

Kim et al. (2006)

8

 > 3 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 80% rMT, trains of 20 pulses at 10 Hz, ITI of 68 s, 160 pulses;

AH: MEP

Talelli et al. (2007)

6

 ≥ 1 year

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Contra-FDI, 80% aMT, cTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: MEP;

Di Lazzaro et al. (2008)

12

 ≤ 10 days

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Contra-FDI, 80% aMT, cTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: rMT, aMT, MEP

Takeuchi et al. (2008)

10

 ≥ 6 mth

Contra-FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1500 pulses;

Bilateral: rMT; MEP; AH: SICI

Jayaram et al. (2009)

9

 ≥ 11 mth

Contra-low limb, 120% aMT, 1 Hz, 600 pulses

Bilateral: MEP

Takeuchi et al. (2009)

10

 > 6 mth

(Conta-sham + Ipsi-FDI, 90% rMT, 10 Hz, 50 pulses) × 20

Bilateral: MEP; AH: SICI

Ackerley et al. (2010)

10

 > 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 90% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Contra-FDI, 90% aMT, cTBS, 600 pulses

AH: MEP

Di Lazzaro et al. (2010)

17

 < 10 days

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: rMT, aMT, MEP

Takeuchi et al. (2012)

9

 > 6 mth

Contra-FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses;

Bilateral: rMT, MEP; iSP (UH → AH), iSP (AH → UH)

Massie et al. (2013)

8

 ≥ 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI/APB, 70% rMT, trains of 30 pulses at 3 Hz, ITI of 30 s, 900 pulses

AH: rMT, SICI, ICF

Massie et al. (2013)

6

 ≥ 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI/APB, 70% rMT, trains of 30 pulses at 3 Hz, ITI of 30 s, 900 pulses

AH: SICI, ICF

Ackerley et al. (2014)

13

 ≥ 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 90% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Contra-FDI, 90% aMT, cTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: MEP

Vongvaivanichakul et al. (2014)

7

 > 6 mth

Contra-APB, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses

UH: MEP

Cassidy et al. (2015)

11

 ≥ 6 mth

Contra-Sham 6 Hz priming + Contra-1 Hz (FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 600 pulses)

AH: SICI, ICF, CSP; IHI (UH → AH), IHI ( AH → UH)

Goh et al. (2015)

10

 > 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 90% r/aMT, trains of 50 pulses at 5 Hz, ITI of 30 s, 1200 pulses

AH: MEP

Tretriluxana et al. (2015)

9

 > 6 mth

Contra-EDC, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses

UH: MEP

Uhm et al. (2015)

16, 6

 > 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 90% rMT, trains of 50 pulses at 10 Hz, ITI of 55 s, 1000 pulses

Ipsi-FDI, 110% rMT, trains of 50 pulses at 10 Hz, ITI of 55 s, 1000 pulses

AH: MEP

Bashir et al. (2016)

8

 > 6 mth

Contra-FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses

Bilateral: rMT, MEP, CSP, SICI, ICF

Di Lazzaro et al. (2016)

15, 20

 < 10 days

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: rMT, aMT, MEP

Murdoch et al. (2016)

12

 ≥ 6 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

AH: MEP, SICI

Diekhoff-Krebs et al. (2017

14

 ≥ 12 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 80% aMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

Bilateral: MEP

Khan et al. (2017)

15

 < 3 mth

Ipsi-FDI, 60% rMT, iTBS, 600 pulses

AH: rMT, MEP, CSP

Hanafi et al. (2018)

8

 ≥ 6 mth

Contra-FDI, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses

Ipsi-FDI, 80% rMT, trains of 50 pulses at 10 Hz, ITI of 25 s, 1000 pulses

Bilateral: MEP

Tretriluxana et al. (2018)

8

1—6 mth

Contra-EDC, 90% rMT, 1 Hz, 1200 pulses

UH: MEP

  1. TMS = transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS = repetative TMS, mth months, Contra contralesional, Ipsi ipsilesional, FDI first dorsal interosseous, UH unaffected hemisphere, AH affected hemisphere, MEP motor-evoked potential, iSP iplilateral slient period, ITI inter-train interval, iTBS intermittent theta burst stimulation, cTBS continuous theta burst stimulation, aMT, active motor threshold, rMT resting motor threshold, SICI short interval intracortical inhibition, APB abductorr pollicis brevis, ICF intracortical facilitation, CSP cortical slient period, IHI interhemisperic inhibition, EDC extensor digitorum communis