Table 1.
Stroke participants demographic and clinical characteristics
| Age (years) |
Sex | Time to scan (mo) |
Site of lesion |
*Proximal arm motor impairment |
*Distal arm motor impairment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | M | 6 | L MCA - SC, CR | 30 | 14 |
| 68 | M | 63 | L MCA - SC | 30 | 14 |
| 46 | M | 52 | L MCA - SC | 26 | 14 |
| 48 | F | 11 | L MCA - SC | 26 | 14 |
| 46 | F | 8 | R MCA - SC | 26 | 13 |
| 61 | F | 27 | L MCA - SC | 26 | 14 |
| 56 | M | 23 | R Pons | 20 | 14 |
| 45 | M | 27 | R MCA - SC | 17 | 10 |
| 73 | M | 60 | R MCA - BG | 16 | 10 |
| 61 | M | 15 | L Pons | 16 | 6 |
| 63 | F | 48 | L Pons | 14 | 4 |
| 71 | M | 26 | L MCA - SC | 13 | 8 |
| 44 | F | 106 | L PCA - CP | 13 | 6 |
| 71 | M | 98 | L MCA - CR | 13 | 13 |
| 65 | M | 36 | R MCA - SC | 11 | 12 |
| 56 | F | 6 | R MCA - SC | 11 | 8 |
| 59 | M | 144 | R MCA - BG | 11 | 6 |
| 58 | M | 27 | L MCA - SC | 11 | 4 |
| 36 | F | 84 | R MCA - SC, CR | 7 | 2 |
| 61 | M | 24 | L MCA - SC | 5 | 1 |
M=male, F=female; mo=months; L=left, R=right; MCA=middle cerebral artery; PCA=posterior cerebral artery; SC=striato-capsular territory; CR=corona radiata; CP=cerebral peduncles; BG=basal ganglia.
*
Proximal and distal arm motor impairment refers to the Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity subscores (30 for normal shoulder and elbow movements in and out of synergy; 14 for normal hand movements) as recorded at the recruitment into study.