| Corticospinal excitability – Transcranial magnetic stimulation | |||||||||
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 | Within group | Between group | ||||||||
 | DN group T1 Mdn [IQR] = 49.90 [7.31] a | Sham DN group T1 Mdn [IQR] = 50.17 [7.55] a | ||||||||
Z | p-value | Mdn [IQR] | ES | Z | p-value | Mdn [IQR] | ES | U | p-value | |
T1-T2 | −1.481 | 0.08 | −2.61 [4.95] a | −0.49 | −1.886 | 0.03* | −1.93 [1.11] a | − 0.60 | 45.0 | 0.52 |
T1-T3 | −1.859 | 0.04* | −5.96 [5.17] a | −0.70 | −0.968 | 0.19 | −0.52 [2.07] a | − 0.31 | 24.0 | 0.16 |
 | Pressure pain – Algometer | |||||||||
 | Within group | Between group | ||||||||
 | DN group T1 Mdn [IQR] = 7.19 [3.39] b | Sham DN group T1 Mdn [IQR] = 8.47 [2.64] b | ||||||||
Z | p-value | Mdn [IQR] | ES | Z | p-value | Mdn [IQR] | ES | U | p-value | |
T1-T2 | −0.051 | 0.50 | −0.18 [0.31] b | −0.02 | −2.223 | 0.01* | −0.44 [0.49] b | − 0.67 | 25.5 | 0.02* |
T1-T3 | −1.260 | 0.13 | −0.62 [0.87] b | −0.45 | −2.134 | 0.02* | −0.52 [1.02] b | − 0.64 | 34.0 | 0.22 |