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Title: The routine circular coil is reliable in paired-TMS studies.
Austin Authors: Badawy, Radwa A B;Tarletti, Roberto;Mula, Marco;Varrasi, Claudia;Cantello, Roberto
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 10-Nov-2010
Publication information: Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2010; 122(4): 784-8
Abstract: Motor cortex excitability can be measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) using different coil types, but paired-TMS was originally devised with a figure-of-eight coil. We asked whether the most popular, circular coil was suited to the every-day assessment of cortical excitability, particularly paired-TMS indexes, and if it reduced the measurement error.We studied 12 right-handed, healthy subjects (34±7.6 years). Resting motor threshold (MT), cortical silent period (CSP), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) at the 2, 3, 4 and 5 ms interstimulus intervals (ISIs) and intracortical facilitation (ICF) at the 14 and 16 ms ISIs were measured. Intrinsic variability of these indexes was evaluated in terms of Coefficients of Variation, to estimate the measurement error. This sequence was carried out both using a figure-of-eight coil over the hand motor area and a circular coil centred at the vertex. Testing was repeated 8-13 months later.On average, MT, SICI and ICF did not show any statistically significant difference (p>0.05) when studied with the figure-of-eight as compared with the circular coil. CSP was significantly shorter (p=0.007) with the figure-of-eight coil. Using either coil did not affect measurement variability. There was no significant session-to-session group difference at any of the variables using either coil type.Except for the CSP duration, the TMS testing and retesting of cortical excitability, particularly the paired-pulse indexes, did not vary significantly as a function of the coil used.Routine circular coils can be used reliably in paired-TMS studies designed to measure longitudinal changes in cortical excitability though they do not reduce the measurement error.
Gov't Doc #: 21071268
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11153
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.10.027
Journal: Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071268
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Adult
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Electromyography
Electronics
Equipment Design
Evoked Potentials, Motor.physiology
Female
Hand.innervation
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Cortex.physiology
Neural Pathways.physiology
Reproducibility of Results
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.instrumentation
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