Retest reliability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the healthy human motor cortex: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is used to induce long-lasting changes (aftereffects) in cortical excitability, which are often measured via single-pulse TMS (spTMS) over the motor cortex eliciting motor-evoked potentials (MEPs). rTMS includes various protocols, such as theta-burst stimulation (TBS), paired associative stimulation (PAS), and continuous rTMS with a fixed frequency. Nevertheless, subsequent aftereffects of rTMS are variable and seem to fail repeatability. We aimed to summarize standard rTMS procedures regarding their test-retest reliability. Hereby, we considered influencing factors such as the methodological quality of experiments and publication bias.

Methods

We conducted a literature search via PubMed in March 2023. The incl

SUBMITTER: Kanig C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10525715 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature