Table 1.
Characteristics for the nine tested stroke subjects
| Subject ID | Gender | Age (years) |
Duration
(years) |
Paretic
side |
Chedoke |
Fugl-
Meyer |
MVC_p (N) |
MVC_c
(N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 70 | 3.3 | right | 7 | 64/66 | 22.3 | 32 |
| 2 | M | 49 | 1.9 | right | 6 | 48/66 | 20.2 | 47.5 |
| 3 | M | 46 | 6 | right | 5 | 58/66 | 31.5 | 52.5 |
| 4 | M | 76 | 5.7 | left | 3 | 37/66 | 16.8 | 40.9 |
| 5 | M | 57 | 8.1 | right | 5 | 51/66 | 34.6 | 44.5 |
| 6 | M | 70 | 1.4 | left | 7 | 56/66 | 21.7 | 28.1 |
| 7 | F | 53 | 3.4 | right | 6 | 64/66 | 24 | 54 |
| 8 | F | 45 | 13.9 | left | 4 | 16/66 | 10.3 | 35.8 |
| 9 | F | 68 | 5.3 | right | 5 | 53/66 | 6.2 | 18.4 |
MVC_p: maximum voluntary contraction for the paretic FDI muscle;
MVC_c: maximum voluntary contraction for the contralateral FDI muscle