Table 1.
Patient | Age/Gender/ Affected Side |
Time Since Stroke (Months) |
Lesion Etiology |
Lesion Location |
UEFM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tDCS+CIMT | 1 | 68/Female/Left | 32 | I | BG | 35 |
2 | 66/Male/Left | 19 | I | COR | 50 | |
3 | 54/Male/Right | 29 | I | CN/BG | 44 | |
4 | 55/Female/Right | 48 | H | TH/PLIC | 47 | |
5 | 76/Male/Right | 24 | I | BG/CR/PLIC | 15 | |
6 | 63/Male/Right | 228 | H | ST | 53 | |
Sham+CIMT | 7 | 58/Female/Left | 24 | I | BG/CN | 54 |
8 | 69/Male/Right | 23 | H | TH/PLIC | 46 | |
9 | 72/Male/Left | 84 | P | P | 59 | |
10 | 59/Female/Left | 23 | I | TL/BG/CN | 51 | |
11 | 50/Male/Left | 54 | H | TH/PLIC | 44 | |
12 | 45/Male/Right | 12 | I | TL/PLIC | 26 | |
Sham+CIMT vs. tDCS+CIMT |
p = 0.589 | p = 0.470 | — | p = 0.3 | ||
Z = −0.641 | Z = −0.723 | Z = −1.04 | ||||
U= 14 | U=13.5 | U=11.5 |
Abbreviations: UEFM – Upper Limb Fugl-Meyer (max 66), I – Ischemic, H – Hemorrhagic, P – Pontine, BG – Basal Ganglia, COR – Cortical, CN – Caudate Nucleus, TH – Thalamus, PLIC – Posterior Limb of the Internal Capsule, CR – Corona Radiata, ST – Striatum, P – Pons, TL – Temporal Lobe.