Table 1.
Participants characteristics.
| Subject number | Gender | Handedness | Affected hemisphere | Type and brain location of stroke | Months since stroke | Age (years) | Stroke severity (NIHSS) | Hand spasticity (MAS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | Right | Left | Ischemic. temporal/parietal lobe | 27 | 55 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | M | Right | Left | Ischemic. posterior internal capsule | 8 | 72 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | F | Right | Right | Ischemic. thalamus | 8 | 67 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | F | Right | Left | Ischemic. parietal lobe | 51 | 62 | 1 | 3* |
| 5 | M | Right | Right | Ischemic. frontal/temporal lobe | 15 | 46 | 3 | 3* |
| 6 | M | Right | Right | Ischemic. medulla | 13 | 63 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | M | Right | Right | Hemorrhagic. basal ganglia | 59 | 77 | 7 | 1+ |
| 8 | M | Right | Right | Ischemic. frontal lobe (right)/corona radiata (left) | 26 | 53 | 2 | 1+ |
| 9 | M | Right | Right | Ischemic. corona radiata | 6 | 67 | 1 | 1+ |
| 10 | M | Right | Left | Ischemic. basal ganglia/intern. capsule/corona radiata | 72 | 65 | 3 | 3* |
| 11 | M | Right | Left | Ischemic. basal ganglia/parietal lobe | 17 | 69 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | M | Right | Left | Ischemic. insula/temporal/parietal lobes | 18 | 54 | 3 | 3* |
| Mean±SD: | 26.67 ± 22.0 | 62.5 ± 9.0 | 3.33 ± 3.0 | 1.78 ± 1.5 |
MAS, Modified Ashworth Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
*
participants with no MEPs recorded in the affected side.