Table 2.
Group Sample Sizes at Follow-ups.
| Group | Gender | Education | Disease course | Lesion side | Pathogenesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | female | (year, M ± SD) | (year, M ± SD) | LHD | RHD | Stroke | Cerebral palsy | Trauma | Others | |
| PNR plus rehabilitation group (n = 19) | 13 | 6 | 9.8 ± 3.3 | 14.1 ± 8.2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Rehabilitation-only group (n = 19) | 12 | 7 | 10.2 ± 2.1 | 15.7 ± 8.7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Control group (n = 19) | 11 | 8 | 11.1 ± 1.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Education: the average number of years of education; disease course: time from the onset of central hemiplegia until recruitment to this study to receive an intervention of PNR or rehabilitation; LHD: left hemisphere damage; RHD: right hemisphere damage; others: other disease of central neural injury, e.g. encephalitis, intracranial tumour.