Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 38).
| Age stroke onset, years: median (IQR) | 74.7 (62.8–80.6) |
| Gender, n (%) | 38 (100) |
| Male | 20 (52.6) |
| Female | 18 (47.4) |
| Days after stroke, median (IQR) | 6 (5–7) |
| Affected hemisphere, n (%) | |
| Left | 10 (26.3) |
| Right | 28 (73.7) |
| Type of stroke, n (%) | |
| Ischemia | 33 (86.8) |
| Hemorrhage | 5 (13.2) |
| Hand dominance, n (%) | |
| Left | 1 (3) |
| Right | 37 (97) |
| Stroke severity (NIHSS): median (SD) | 8.5 (6–13) |
| Visuo-spatial neglect, n (%)a | 8 (22.9) |
| Em-NSA-light touch (/8): median (IQR) | 6 (0–8) |
| Em-NSA-pressure (/8): median (IQR) | 7 (2–8) |
| Em-NSA-pinprick (/8): median (IQR) | 8 (3–8) |
| Em-NSA- proprioception (/8): median (IQR) | 6.5 (3.75–8) |
| Deficit in all 4 Em-NSA subscales | 16 (42) |
| Deficit in 1, 2, or 3 Em-NSA subscales | 6 (16) |
| No deficit in Em-NSA subscales | 16 (42) |
| PTT deficit: n (%)b | 24 (64.9) |
| SSEP deficit: n (%)c | 7 (23.3) |
IQR: interquartile range, NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Em-NSA: Erasmus MC modification of the (revised) Nottingham sensory assessment, PTT: perceptual threshold of touch, SSEP: somatosensory evoked potentials.
a
Missing values n = 3.
b
Missing values n = 1.
c
Missing values n = 8.