Reliability of the 'observation of movement' method for determining motor threshold using transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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The aim of this study was to establish the reliability of the observation of movement (OM) method for obtaining motor threshold (MT) in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). MTs were obtained on separate days, following separate hunting procedures, for both left and right motor cortex (M1), with one or multiple estimates obtained from the same hemisphere within a single session. MTs obtained using the OM method were highly reliable and reproducible on different days (left M1: r=.98, p<....>

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Authors: Varnava, A; Stokes, M; Chambers, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neuroscience methods
• Volume: 201
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 327-332
• Publication date: 2011-10-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.016
• EISSN: 1872-678X
• ISSN: 0165-0270
• Language: English
• Keywords: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Motor Cortex; Functional Laterality; Humans; Anatomic Landmarks; Adult; Female; Male; Movement; Young Adult; Reproducibility of Results; Scalp; Differential Threshold