Table 2.

Demographic data and results of the Modified Ashworth and Tardieu scores (spasticity angles V1–V3), shoulder in anatomical position and 90° flexion before the three motor nerve blocks patients with stroke, and Tardieu score (spasticity angles V1–V3) after the first SMNB

n	Sex (M/F)	Age (years)	Time since stroke (months)	Etiology	Side of hemiplegia (Right/Left)	Modified Ashworth score	Tardieu score: spasticity angles V1–V3 (°)
						Shoulder in Anatomical position	Shoulder in Anatomical position	Brachialis spasticity angle T1–T2	Main cause of flexor pattern
1	M	58.7	75.7	Haemorrhagic	Right	3	40	0	Brachialis
2	M	62.4	118.3	Ischaemic	Left	3	40	20	Brachialis
3	M	68.2	61.5	Haemorrhagic	Left	3	50	30	Brachialis
4	F	55.6	57.8	Ischaemic	Right	3	40	20	Brachialis
5	F	38.4	203.3	Haemorrhagic	Right	2	30	20	Brachialis
6	F	55.7	79.0	Ischaemic	Left	3	60	50	Brachialis
7	F	48.5	49.0	Ischaemic	Left	3	50	30	Brachialis
8	F	29.4	496.8	Haemorrhagic	Right	2	40	40	Brachialis
9	F	58.6	155.3	Ischaemic	Right	3	30	10	Biceps brachii
10	M	60.6	16.8	Haemorrhagic	Right	2	50	00	Brachialis
11	M	60.1	45.2	Ischaemic	Left	3	30	20	Brachialis
12	F	65.1	113.8	Ischaemic	Left	3	30	10	Brachialis & Biceps brachii
13	M	65.0	41.0	Ischaemic	Right	3	50	20	Brachialis
14	M	64.0	235.1	Ischaemic	Right	2	10	10	Brachialis
15	M	48.4	127.5	Haemorrhagic	Left	3	40	20	Brachialis & Biceps brachii
16	M	59.8	13.2	Ischaemic	Right	2	30	20	Brachialis
17	F	30.4	55.3	Haemorrhagic	Right	3	70	60	Brachialis
18	M	63.1	49.8	Haemorrhagic	Right	3	50	30	Brachialis
19	F	68.7	329.3	Ischaemic	Left	3	60	50	Brachialis