Testing spasticity mechanisms in chronic stroke before and after intervention with contralesional motor cortex 1 Hz rTMS and physiotherapy

Table 3 Correlation between the post minus pre interventional changes of FMA-UE and stretch reflex torque with those of the excitability of the spinal mechanisms

Correlated parameters (change)	Correlation coefficient	p
FMA-UE—Post-activation depression	0.41	.002
FMA-UE—Reciprocal inhibition	0.09	0.58
FMA-UE—Presynaptic inhibition	− 0.03	0.86
Stretch reflex torque—Post-activation depression	− 0.09	0.62
Stretch reflex torque—Reciprocal inhibition	− 0.20	0.33
Stretch reflex torque—Presynaptic inhibition	− 0.05	0.79

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