Table 2.
Demographic data of the studied patients
| Age at admission | |
|---|---|
| All patients, (years) | 58.5 ± 13.4 |
| < 40 (years) | 19 (9) |
| 40-50 (years) | 26 (13) |
| 50-60 (years) | 59 (29) |
| 60-70 (years) | 68 (33) |
| ≥ 70 (years) | 32 (16) |
| Gender | |
| Females | 73 (36) |
| Males | 131 (64) |
| Time since stroke onset | |
| All patients, years | 5.0 ± 4.5 |
| < 2 years | 53 (26) |
| 2-5 years | 76 (37) |
| 5-10 years | 54 (27) |
| ≥ 10 years | 21 (10) |
| Subtype of stroke | |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | 107 (53) (putamen: 63, thalamus: 34, brainstem: 5, subcortical: 5) |
| Cerebral cortical infarction | 27 (13) (MCA territory: 27) |
| Lacunar infarction | 70 (34) (CR: 26, IC: 17, BG: 17, brainstem: 10) |
| Side of upper limb hemiparesis | |
| Dominant hand | 124 (61) |
| Non-dominant hand | 80 (39) |
| Institution | |
| Jikei University Hospital | 12 (6) |
| Jikei Daisan Hospital | 56 (28) |
| Shimizu Hospital | 98 (48) |
| Kenkoukai Tokyo Hospital | 27 (13) |
| Nishi-Hiroshima Rehabilitation Hospital | 11 (5) |
Values are numbers (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
MCA: middle cerebral artery, BRS: Brunnstrom Recovery Stage, CR: corona radiate, IC: internal capsule, BG: basal ganglia