Table 1.
Clinical characteristics.
| Patients | Gender | Age | Time since stroke (years) | Main stroke lesion | Dominant hand | Paretic hand | Paretic hand PPT (n) | Non-paretic hand PPT (n) | Paretic hand MaxHF (Kg) | Non-paretic hand MaxHF (Kg) | ABILHAND (logits) | mRS | NIHSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 66 | 14 | SC | R | R | 11.7 | 14.3 | 30 | 30 | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | M | 60 | 9 | SC | R | R | 4.3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 0.4 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | M | 68 | 10 | SC | R | R | 9 | 7.3 | 44 | 33 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | M | 71 | 4 | SC | R | R | 10.6 | 12.7 | 22 | 31 | 1.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | M | 61 | 2 | SC | R | R | 11 | 13 | 43 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | M | 64 | 8 | SC | L | L | 2 | 14.7 | 42 | 46 | 0.3 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | M | 58 | 0.6 | C | R | R | 3.3 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 0.4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | M | 53 | 3 | C | L | R | 11.3 | 12.7 | 45 | 35 | 3.2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | F | 72 | 2 | SC | R | L | 7.3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | M | 53 | 0.5 | C | R | R | 6.3 | 14.7 | 29 | 44 | −0.1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | M | 63 | 10 | SC | R | L | 1.7 | 8.3 | 23 | 47 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | M | 65 | 3 | C | R | L | 3 | 13.7 | 26 | 35 | 1.9 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | M | 50 | 5 | C | R | L | 7 | 16.3 | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | F | 68 | 15 | C | R | R | 9 | 12.3 | 32 | 34 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | M | 57* | 3 | C | R | R | 9 | 11.7 | 55 | 50 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | M | 69 | 3 | C | R | R | 10 | 9.7 | 44 | 39 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | M | 57* | 8 | C | R | L | 0.3 | 11 | 12 | 37 | −0.5 | 2 | / |
| 18 | M | 82 | 3 | SC | R | L | 9 | 13.7 | 37 | 38 | 3.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | M | 74 | 2 | SC | R | R | 5.6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 2.4 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | M | 62 | 10 | SC | R | R | 11 | 12 | 44 | 42 | 3.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | F | 66 | 2 | C | R | R | 0 | / | 0 | / | / | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | M | 45 | 0.6 | SC | R | R | 8 | 12 | 21 | 41 | −0.4 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | F | 72 | 4 | SC | R | L | 2.3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | −0.3 | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | M | 75 | 0.5 | SC | R | R | 0 | 11.3 | 20 | 43 | −1.0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | M | 75 | 4 | C | R | L | 8.7 | 12.7 | 41 | 44 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Mean ± SD | 5F/20M | 64 ± 9 | 4.9 ± 4.3 | 14SC/11C | 23 R/2L | 16 R/9L | 6.7 ± 3.8 | 11.8 ± 2.4 | 31 ± 12 | 39 ± 9 | 1.8 ± 1.7 | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.7 ± 2.0 |
M, male; F, female; SC, subcortical stroke; C, cortical stroke; R, right; L, left; PPT, Baseline Purdue Pegboard Test score; n, number of pegs inserted in 30 s (mean of three trials); MaxHF, Maximal hand grip force; Kg, kilograms; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Score; /, missing data.
*
Patients with a partial lesion of M1.