Table 4.
Mean (SD) scores at baseline and six weeks for NSDA, and secondary cognitive subtests. Planned subgroup analysis
| Left or bilateral lesions |
Advantage for NP group (CI) | Right hemisphere lesions |
Advantage for NP group (CI) | |||||||
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| NP group (N = 19) | Functional group (N = 16) | NP group | Functional group | NP group (N = 14) | Functional group (N = 15) | NP group | Functional group | |||
| NSDA % | 70 (37) | 81 (25) | 25** | 21** | 4 (12 to 20) | 66 (33) | 47 (31) | 39** | 23** | 16 (–5 to 36) |
| Cognitive Tests | ||||||||||
| Line Cancellation | 27 (13) | 29 (12) | 2.8 | –1.6 | 4.4 (–4 to 13) | 33 (7.1) | 25 (11) | 9.2* | 0.8 | 8.4* (1.1 to 15.5) |
| Object Decision | 12 (6.4) | 14 (6.1) | –0.1 | 1.5 | –1.6 (–4.9 to 1.5) | 13 (4.8) | 11 (5.0) | 3.5** | 1.7 | 1.8 (–0.9 to 4.3) |
| Pegs per second | 0.54 (0.29) | 0.55 (0.17) | 0.08* | 0.05 | 0.03 (–0.08 to 0.14) | 0.57 (0.21) | 0.61 (0.18) | 0.14** | 0.19** | –0.05 (–0.15 to 0.04) |
| Gesture Imitation | 16 (6.2) | 16 (3.8) | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 (–2.0 to 2.1) | 19 (0.7) | 19 (1.1) | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 (–1.0 to 2.0) |
t-tests, *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01 two-tailed. All other changes NS.
NP, Neuropsychological; NSDA, Nottingham Stroke Dressing Assessment; CI, confidence interval.