Table 2.
Upper Extremity Motor Impairment Values of 3 Stroke Survivors Receiving 12 Weeks of CCFES Therapy Through 3 Months Follow-up
| Week |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject No. | 0 | 6 | 12 | ~16 | ~25 |
| Maximum voluntary finger extension angle (degrees); avg (std) | |||||
| 1 | −98 (5.3) | −25 (1.1) | 4 (1.3) | −12 (1.4) | −57 (8.5) |
| 2 | −69 (6.8) | −21 (25.9) | −1 (2.0) | −72 (12.1) | −42 (3.0) |
| 3 | −90 (25.3) | −120 (13.9) | −159 (3.2) | −141 (22.7) | −124 (11.6) |
| Finger-movement tracking error (normalized); avg (std) | |||||
| 1 | 1.0 (.03) | .51 (.14) | .46 (.04) | .44 (.06) | .47 (.06) |
| 2 | 1.0 (.11) | .19 (.02) | .13 (.01) | .22 (.04) | .17 (.01) |
| 3 | .39 (.13) | .65 (.28) | 1.0 (.60) | .62 (.02) | .71 (.23) |
| Maximum isometric finger extension moment (N cm)a; avg (std) | |||||
| 1 | 24 (10.1) | 42 (11.1) | 63 (3.7) | 56 (6.7) | 43 (4.0) |
| 2 | 18 (5.4) | 34 (10.2) | 44 (1.5) | 13 (1.4) | 14 (1.6) |
| 3 | −1.4 (3.4) | 2.1 (4.9) | −2.5 (2.6) | 1.7 (1.9) | −1.9 (1.6) |
| Box and Block score | |||||
| 1 | 28 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 37 |
| 2 | 19 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 32 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 13 |
| Upper-extremity Fugl-Meyer score (max = 66) | |||||
| 1 | 33 | 41 | 44 | 39 | 44 |
| 2 | 42 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 55 |
| 3 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 33 |
Abbreviation: CCFES, contralaterally controlled functional electrical stimulation.
a
N cm denotes newton centimeters.