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 location | Time 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 | 53 | R | L brainstem | 7 | 59 | 832.4 | 403.9 | S2 | 60 | R | L occipital | 4 | 52 | 1209.3 | 661.8 | S3 | 58 | R | L primary sensorimotor area, internal capsule, and caudate nucleus | 7 | 55 | 667.8 | 260.1 | S4 | 68 | L | N/A | 4.5 | 54 | 679.5 | 138.6 | S5 | 62 | L | R occipital | 6.5 | 45 | 1206.8 | 700.6 | S6 | 59 | R | L pontine | 3 | 55 | 885.1 | 274.7 | S7 | 54 | L | N/A | 2.5 | 60 | 484.8 | 395.4 | S8 | 48 | L | N/A | 3.6 | 50 | 293.9 | 447.2 | S9 | 69 | L | N/A | 0.6 | 55 | 909.3 | 885.1 | Mean (SD) counts | 59.0 (6.8) | 4 R/5 L | | 4.3 (2.2) | 53.9 (4.5) | 796.5 (304.3) | 463.0 (240.9) |
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