Table 2. Mean (SD) peak torque (Nm/s) and work (J) for each side of each group and mean (SD) strength deficit for each side of stroke group as a % of control group.
| Strength | Strength deficit* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | Control | Stroke | ||||||
| Paretic | Non-paretic | Dominant | Non-dominant | Paretic | Non-paretic | |||
| Peak torque | ||||||||
| Shoulder internal rotation | 18 (7) | 31 (7) | 42 (12) | 42 (11) | 52 (20) | 22 (19) | ||
| Shoulder external rotation | 18 (7) | 31 (5) | 36 (7) | 37 (8) | 46 (25) | 13 (18) | ||
| Shoulder flexion | 43 (14) | 64 (27) | 8 (29) | 84 (36) | 41 (26) | 18 (30) | ||
| Shoulder extension | 30 (11) | 57 (18) | 69 (15) | 72 (15) | 55 (18) | 18 (22) | ||
| Scapular protraction | 172 (71) | 312 (95) | 435 (114) | 444 (112) | 57 (20) | 25 (29) | ||
| Scapular retraction | 214 (75) | 335 (99) | 509 (116) | 522 (126) | 55 (20) | 34 (13) | ||
| Work | ||||||||
| Shoulder internal rotation | 21 (10) | 38 (11) | 52 (17) | 53 (17) | 57 (23) | 26 (18) | ||
| Shoulder external rotation | 21 (10) | 39 (10) | 46 (10) | 46 (10) | 50 (30) | 13 (20) | ||
| Shoulder flexion | 41 (14) | 69 (25) | 94 (37) | 92 (36) | 48 (28) | 22 (27) | ||
| Shoulder extension | 29 (14) | 61 (21) | 80 (20) | 80 (22) | 62 (20) | 22 (24) | ||
| Scapular protraction | 63 (21) | 144 (32) | 187 (55) | 182 (50) | 61 (18) | 22 (8) | ||
| Scapular retraction | 82 (29) | 152 (33) | 219 (49) | 215 (45) | 59 (15) | 29 (12) | ||
*
Strength deficit = 100 - (stroke/control x 100).