scholarly journals Mapping of multiple muscles with transcranial magnetic stimulation: absolute and relative test–retest reliability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Nazarova ◽  
Pavel Novikov ◽  
Ekaterina Ivanina ◽  
Ksenia Kozlova ◽  
Larisa Dobrynina ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Thérèse Forster ◽  
Moritz Limbart ◽  
Volker Seifert ◽  
Christian Senft

Abstract BACKGROUND: Because navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) is increasingly used in neurosurgical research, interpretation of its results is of utmost importance. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the test-retest reliability of nTMS. METHODS: Twelve healthy participants underwent nTMS at 2 different sessions separated by 10.3 ± 9.6 days. Investigated parameters included resting motor thresholds, hotspots, and centers of gravity calculated for the first dorsal interosseous, abductor pollicis brevis, extensor digitorum, tibial anterior, and abductor hallucis muscles. RESULTS: Excellent reliability of resting motor thresholds was observed. Hotspots and centers of gravity showed moderate to excellent repeatability along the anteroposterior axis (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.54-0.89), whereas the x coordinate presented mainly poor to moderate stability (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.11-0.89). Movement of centers of gravity over sessions was 0.57 ± 0.32 cm, and hotspots laid 0.79 ± 0.47 cm apart. Calculation of coefficient of variation revealed high reliability of investigated parameters in upper extremities; in lower extremity muscles, high variation across sessions was observed. CONCLUSION: nTMS can be considered a reliable tool, thus opening new fields of noninvasive investigations in neurosurgery. The results presented here should be considered in the interpretation of individual nTMS results.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis J. Kerwin ◽  
Corey J. Keller ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Manjari Narayan ◽  
Amit Etkin

Neuroscience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Davila-Pérez ◽  
Ali Jannati ◽  
Peter J. Fried ◽  
Javier Cudeiro Mazaira ◽  
Alvaro Pascual-Leone

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