Table II.
Variables | |
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Gender, male, % | 72 |
Age, year, mean (SD) [median] (range) | 56.0 (12.4) [57] (35–85) |
Ethnicity, % | |
White | 56 |
Black | 28 |
other | 16 |
Handedness, right, % | 88 |
Time post-stroke, years, mean (SD) [median] (range) | 4.1 (4.5) [2.5] (0.8–25.2) |
Side of hemiparesis, right, % | 50 |
Type of stroke, non-hemorrhagic, % | 69 |
Lesion location, cortical (n = 30), % | 60 |
Scales, mean (SD) [median] (range) | |
NIHSS | 4.1 (2.1) [4.0] (1–10) |
BDI | 11.8 (6.9) [11.5] (1–31) |
AMAT-9 | 1.22 (0.54) [1.13] (0.5–2.35) |
ARAT | 11.3 (10.3) [7.5] (0–38) |
FMA (upper extremity) | 22.0 (10.8) [20.0] (9–44) |
WMFT | 1.72 (0.74) [1.60] (0.4–3.13) |
SIS – Hand | 15.3 (21.6) [5.0] (0–80) |
SIS – Comm | 85.6 (15.8) [92.9] (54–100) |
NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score; BDI: Beck’s Depression Inventory; AMAT-9: Arm Motor Ability Test (9 item version); ARAT: Arm Research Action Test; FMA: Fugl Meyer Assessment -upper extremity; WMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test; SIS-Hand: Stroke Impact Scale Hand Function subscore; SIS-Comm: Stroke Impact Scale – communication subscore.