Table 1.
Patient-specific inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Fig 1.
A) Illustration of circular coil placement over vertex, B) Electrode placement on PVD patients with cone coil shown for illustration.
Ground electrode over olecranon process omitted. L = Left, R = Right, BR = brachioradialis, APB = abductor pollicis brevis, VL = vastus lateralis, TA = tibialis anterior and AH = abductor hallucis.
Table 2.
Stimulation intensities (mean maximum stimulator output (%MSO) and range) for upper and lower limb muscles for healthy volunteers and patients.
Fig 2.
AvMEP amplitude (mean ± SD) for A) patient lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing symptomatic (black bars) and asymptomatic (white bars) legs, and B) upper limb muscles BR and AHB and lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing patients (black bars) and healthy participants (grey bars).
NS represents no significant difference.
Fig 3.
CV of AvMEP amplitude (mean ± SD) for A) patient lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing symptomatic (black bars) and asymptomatic (white bars) legs, and B) upper limb muscles BR and AHB and lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing patients (black bars) and healthy participants (grey bars).
NS represents no significant difference.
Fig 4.
AvMEP latency (mean ± SD) for A) patient lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing symptomatic (black bars) and asymptomatic (white bars) legs, and B) upper limb muscles BR and AHB and lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing patients (black bars) and healthy participants (grey bars).
NS represents no significant difference.
Fig 5.
CV of AvMEP latency (mean ± SD) for A) patient lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing symptomatic (black bars) and asymptomatic (white bars) legs, and B) upper limb muscles BR and AHB and lower limb muscles VL, TA and AH comparing patients (black bars) and healthy participants (grey bars).
NS represents no significant difference.
Fig 6.
CV (mean ± SD) of MEP amplitude at each 10-minute time point for A) patients and B) healthy participants.
BR = brachioradialis, APB = abductor pollicis brevis, VL = vastus lateralis, TA = tibialis anterior and AH = abductor hallucis.