Table 1 Hand dominance and baseline measures of excitability in the two age groups (mean ± SD)

Hand Dominance (L/R)

2/22

1/30

Resting MT (% output)

66.00 ± 11.55

72.55 ± 12.71

Test MT (% output)

79.17 ± 13.82

86.97 ± 15.15

Resting MEP amplitude (μV)

926.61 ± 774.34

427.22 ± 540.59*

Resting MEP latency (ms)

22.27 ± 1.88

24.03 ± 1.87*

Intensity MNS¹

64.17 ± 1.80

72.87 ± 1.72