Research Article

Improvement in Paretic Arm Reach-to-Grasp following Low Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Depends on Object Size: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographic information of 9 participants after stroke.

Subject ID Age Affected side Lesion locationTime since stroke onset (years) Upper extremity Fugl-Meyer score
(out of 66)
Pre-TMS
MEP (μv) 
Nonlesioned hemisphere
Post-TMS
MEP (μv)
Nonlesioned hemisphere

S1 53RL brainstem759832.4403.9
S2 60RL occipital4521209.3661.8
S3 58RL primary sensorimotor area, internal capsule, and caudate nucleus755667.8260.1
S4 68LN/A4.554679.5138.6
S5 62LR occipital6.5451206.8700.6
S659RL pontine355885.1274.7
S754LN/A2.560484.8395.4
S848LN/A3.650293.9447.2
S969LN/A0.655909.3885.1
Mean
(SD)
counts
59.0 (6.8)4 R/5 L4.3
(2.2)
53.9
(4.5)
796.5
(304.3)
463.0
(240.9)