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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2014 Jan 5;29(5):623–632. doi: 10.1177/0883073813512523

Table 1.

Participants' demographics.

Subject Group Gender Age (years) Dominant side Etiology MACS BFM scores Affected joints**
1 Dystonia M 8.1 Left Left
MCA
stroke
II D: 2
ND: 9
Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Fingers
2 Dystonia* F 11.2 Left Left
MCA
stroke
I D: 1
ND: 12
Wrist
Fingers
3 Dystonia* M 13.6 Left Left
MCA
stroke
II D: 3
ND: 16
Elbow
Wrist
Fingers
4 Dystonia F 16.8 Left Left
MCA/
ACA
stroke
I D: 1
ND: 6
Wrist
5 Dystonia* M 17.1 Left Left
MCA
stroke
III D: 1
ND: 16
Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Fingers
7 Dystonia* M 19.1 Left Left
MCA
stroke
II D: 2
ND: 12
Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Fingers
8 Dystonia* M 19.3 Left Left
MCA
stroke
II D: 1
ND: 16
Elbow
Wrist
Fingers
N/A Control 8F, 1M 17 ±5 8 Right N/A N/A D: 1±0.6
ND: 1±0.7
N/A

Legend:

*

= associated spasticity; M= Male; F= Female; MCA= Middle cerebral artery; ACA= Anterior cerebral artery; MACS= The manual ability classification system;

**

=presence of dystonia; BFM= Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia scale; D= Dominant side; ND= Non-dominant side; N/A= Not Applicable