Effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with cerebellar continuous theta burst stimulation on spasticity and limb dyskinesia in patients with stroke

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients with stroke

Variables	LF-rTMS (n=30)	cTBS (n=30)	LF-rTMS+cTBS (n=30)	P value
Age (years)	57.60±7.40	55.13±7.90	56.77±8.58	0.479
Gender (males, n)	19	18	20	0.866
Time since the stoke (months)	3.80±1.71	3.67±1.84	3.63±1.85	0.931
Stroke type				0.935
Hemorrhage	7	6	6
Infarction	23	24	24
Paretic side				0.861
Right	11	9	10
Left	19	21	20
BBS score	30.53±6.06	29.40±6.44	29.03±5.97	0.618
MAS score	6.83±1.70	6.93±1.79	6.80±1.97	0.958
FMA score	46.10±17.81	45.57±16.55	45.10±17.49	0.975
MBI score	46.87±25.30	49.47±23.80	48.63±22.11	0.911

LF-rTMS low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cTBS continuous theta burst stimulation, BBS Berg Balance Scale, MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, FMA Fugl-Meyer Assessment, MBI Modified Barthel Index

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