Table 1.
Characteristics of stroke patients
| Subject | Age | Sex | PSD, mo | Stroke | Edinburgh (LQ) | Dominant Hand | Affected Hand | RBANS (total scale) | MRC (affected UE) | Ashworth | PMH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | M | 133 | s | −40 | L | L | 78 | 4+ | 3 | HTN |
| 2 | 76 | M | 18 | c | 100 | R | R | 54 | 4+ | 0 | HLD |
| 3 | 63 | F | 18 | c | 100 | R | R | 89 | 4+ | 0 | HTN |
| 4 | 51 | F | 9 | s | 100 | R | R | 89 | 4+ | 1 | |
| 5 | 61 | M | 13 | c | 25 | R | R | 96 | 4+ | 0 | |
| 6 | 67 | F | 7 | s | 100 | R | R | 118 | 4+ | 0 | HTN |
| 7 | 63 | M | 14 | s | 100 | R | R | 89 | 4+ | 1 | |
| 8 | 62 | F | 10 | s | −100 | L | L | 83 | 4 | 0 | HTN, DM |
| 9 | 76 | F | 17 | c | 78 | R | R | 95 | 4+ | 0 | HTN, HLD, DM |
| 10 | 78 | M | 17 | c | 100 | R | L* | 108 | 4 | 1 | |
| 11 | 72 | F | 66 | s | 100 | R | L* | 105 | 3 | 2 | |
| 12 | 55 | F | 10 | s | 100 | R | L* | 86 | 3 | 2 | HTN |
| 13 | 44 | M | 18 | s | 100 | R | R | 104 | 4+ | 0 | |
| 14 | 66 | M | 8 | c | 80 | R | L* | 94 | 4+ | 0 | |
| 15 | 68 | M | 53 | s | −100 | L | L | 100 | 4+ | 0 | |
| 16 | 68 | M | 65 | s | 80 | R | R | 72 | 4+ | 1 | |
| 17 | 32 | M | 84 | c | 71 | R | L* | 104 | 4+ | 0 | |
| 18 | 50 | F | 16 | c | 100 | R | R | 85 | 4+ | 0 | HTN, HLD, pre-DM |
F, female; M, male; PSD, poststroke duration; R, right; L, left; LQ, laterality quotient; RBANS, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; MRC, Medical Research Council, the MRC for wrist extension movement is reported; UE, upper extremity; c, stroke involved cortex (cortical); s, stroke spared the cortex (subcortical); PMH, past medical history; HTN, hypertension; HLD, hyperlipidemia; DM, diabetes mellitus.
*
Nondominant hand was affected; dominance of hand refers to the time before the stroke.