Table 5 Corticomotor activity after different tDCS interventions (n = 48)
Group | Anodal group (n = 12) | Bilateral group (n = 12) | Cathodal group (n = 12) | Sham group (n = 12) |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | pre | post | pre | post | pre | post | pre | post | p value |
RMT (%) | 58.0 (49.8, 63.8) | 58.0 (50.5, 64.5) | 63.0 (48.3, 69.5) | 63.0 (48.5, 68.8) | 62.5 (54.0, 65.8) | 65.0 (53.5, 67.8) | 57.0 (52.5, 65.5) | 57.5 (52.5, 64.0) | Â |
change | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 1.5 (0.0, 2.8) | 2.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.153 | ||||
SP (ms) | 130.1 (110.2, 139.5) | 124.1 (117.4, 136.8) | 142.8 (117.2, 168.9) | 154.5 (128.3, 189.8) | 127.9 (118.8, 144.1) | 139.4 (127.3, 156.4)# | 144.7 (131.4, 156.5) | 145.5 (130.4, 156.3) | Â |
change | -1.1 (-3.0, 6.4) | 9.2 (3.0, 20.5)a,s | 7.0 (3.4, 14.6)s | 1.5 (-3.7, 3.6) | 0.002 | ||||
SICI (%) | 49.1 (40.9, 58.6) | 45.3 (34.3, 60.4) | 46.0 (39.2, 65.7) | 47.3 (37.7, 58.1) | 42.2 (39.6, 48.9) | 42.6 (34.4, 48.2) | 42.4 (37.2, 63.4) | 47.9 (38.2, 59.2) | Â |
change | -2.5 (-6.2, -0.1) | -1.6 (-11.9, 12.0) | 1.2 (-9.0, 4.9) | 2.8 (-1.7, 7.8) | 0.296 | ||||