The impact of preoperative language mapping by repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation on the clinical course of brain tumor patients

Table 2 Stimulation parameters of rTMS

		GROUP 1	GROUP 2	p-value
RMT (% of stimulator output)		36.1 ± 8.8	33.3 ± 10.4	0.2976
Mapping intensity (% of RMT)		103.0 ± 9.6	103.0 ± 10.6	0.9711
Mapping frequency/number of pulses	5 Hz/5 pulses	17	9	0.0742
	7 Hz/5 pulses	4	9
	7 Hz/7 pulses	4	7
Pain (VAS)	convexity	2.0 ± 1.7	2.7 ± 1.9	0.3050
Pain (VAS)	temporal	4.6 ± 2.3	4.9 ± 2.2	0.3050

This table provides information about stimulation parameters including resting motor threshold (RMT, % of stimulator output), mapping intensity (% of RMT), stimulation train frequency, number of pulses in a stimulation train, and pain scores (according to the visual analogue scale, VAS).

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