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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: The number of stimuli required to reliably assess corticomotor excitability and primary motor cortical representations using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Mean age (SD)

Sample size

M:F

Population

Investigation

TMS application

Outcome measures

Muscles tested

Bastani & Jaberzadeh [22]

30.3 (6.8)

12

6:6

Healthy

W + B session rel.

Single site

Amp

FDI, ECRB

Christie et al. [23]

76 (6.3)

30

15:15

Healthy, aged >65

W + B session rel.

Single site

Amp

ADM

Doeltgen et al. [25]

27.5 (2.9)

10

7:3

Healthy

W + B session rel.

Single site

Amp

Submental

Lewis et al. [24]

A) 57 (14)

B) 55 (11.8)

26

12:14

A) 6 months post-stroke

B) Healthy

W + B session rel.

Single site

Amp

Soleus

  1. Key: SD standard deviation, M male, F female, TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation, W + B within and between, Rel. reliability, Amp amplitude, FDI first dorsal interosseous muscle, ECRB extensor carpi radialis brevis, ADM abductor digiti minimi