Table 1.
Patient Information.
| Characteristics | Patient No. | Mean ± SD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Age, year | 58 | 74 | 64 | 46 | 66 | 58 | 56 | 71 | 61.6 ± 9.0 |
| Gender | F | M | M | F | M | F | F | F | |
| Time after stroke, month | 60 | 47 | 89 | 49 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 105 | 58.0 ± 28.7 |
| Lesion site | R corona radiata | R corona radiata | R putamen | R putamen | L thalamus | L putamen | R subcortex of parietal lobe | R putamen | |
| MMSE | 26 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 28.4 ± 1.8 |
| Handedness, EDS | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| SIAS MOTOR FUNCITON, U/E | |||||||||
| Knee mouth test | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 ± 0.7 |
| Finger function test | 2 | 3 | 1a | 1a | 3 | 1b | 1c | 0 | 2.0 ± 1.4 |
| SIAS SENSORY FUNCTION*, U/E | |||||||||
| Touch | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 ± 0.5 |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 ± 0.7 |
| FMA SENSORY FUNCTION**, U/E | |||||||||
| Light touch(palm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 (all) |
| Position(thumb) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 ± 0.5 |
| SWM*** | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 ± 1.9 |
F, Female; M, Male; R, Right; L, Left; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; EDS, Edinburgh Handedness Scale; SIAS, Stroke Impairment Assessment Set; U/E, Upper extremity; FMA, Fugl-Meyer Assessment; SWM, Semmes Weinstein Monofilament.
The SIAS is a comprehensive instrument that assesses sensory and motor function in stroke patients on a sensory scale of 0–3, where 0 = complete paralysis, 1 = severe paralysis, 2 = moderate paralysis, 3 = no paralysis, and a motor scale of 0–5, where 0 = complete paralysis, 1 = severe paralysis, 2 = moderate to severe paralysis, 3 = light to moderate paralysis, 4 = light to no paralysis, 5 = no paralysis.
The FMA is a comprehensive instrument that assesses sensory function in stroke patients on a scale of 0–2, where 0 = anesthesia, 1 = hypoesthesia or dysesthesia, 2 = normal.
The Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test is an instrument that assesses a light touch function with various narrow monofilaments (2.83, 3.61, 4.31, 4.56, 6.65 Fmg). We counted 2.83, 3.61, 4.31, 4.56, 6.65 Fmg for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point.
1a: Minimal voluntary movement or mass flexion.
1b: Mass extension.
1c: Minimal individual movement.