Title |
Inter- and intraobserver variability in motor mapping of the hotspot for the abductor policis brevis muscle
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Published in |
BMC Neuroscience, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2202-14-94 |
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Authors |
Nico Sollmann, Theresa Hauck, Thomas Obermüller, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Bernhard Meyer, Florian Ringel, Sandro M Krieg |
Abstract |
For accuracy in navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS), determination of the hotspot location of small hand muscles is crucial because it is the basis for the resting motor threshold (RMT) and, therefore, its spatial resolution. We investigated intra- and interobserver differences of hotspot mapping to provide evidence for the reproducibility of this method.Ten subjects underwent nTMS motor mapping of the hotspot for the abductor pollicis brevis muscle (APB) three times. The first two sessions were performed by the same examiner; the third mapping was performed by a different examiner. Distances between the first and second mappings (intraobserver variability) and between the second and third mappings (interobserver variability) were measured. |
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