Table 1.
Descriptive data of MS patients
| Subject | Sex, M/F | Age, yr | Handedness, R/L |
Time since diagnosis, yr |
Number of brain lesions | Number of spinal lesions | Hand function on exam | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 44 | R | 1.5 | 15 | 3–4 | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 2 | F | 34 | R | 7.1 | > 50 | Unknown | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 3 | M | 49 | L | 8.2 | > 30 | Unknown | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 4 | F | 29 | R | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 5 | F | 62 | R | 37.2 | 20–30 | 4 | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 6 | F | 36 | R | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 7 | F | 58 | R | 3.1 | 14 | 1 | No clear abnormalities | ||||||||
| 8 | F | 49 | R | 9.1 | 4 | 0 | Decreased sensation on the right side | ||||||||
| 9 | F | 33 | R | 13.1 | 8 | Unknown | Dysmetria on the right side | ||||||||
| 10 | M | 52 | R | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | Bilateral dysmetria | ||||||||
| 11 | M | 34 | R | 5.3 | 30 | 0 | Mild bilateral tremor and numbness in fingertips | ||||||||
| 12 | F | 57 | R | 3.4 | > 30 | 4–5 | Mild bilateral dysmetria and decreased light touch | ||||||||
| 13 | F | 75 | R | 24.2 | Unknown | Unknown | Mild bilateral dysmetria and tremor | ||||||||
Abbreviations: M/F, male/female; R/L, right/left. The number of brain and spinal lesions is presented only for patients who had an MRI within the last year. We acknowledge the lack of scan data for some patients as a limitation of our study.