TABLE 1:
Clinical Data of Patients
| Patient Number |
Age (yr) |
Sex | Handednessa | Affected Hand |
Site of Lesion |
Lesion Size (cm3) |
Lesion Age (wk) |
NIHSSb | mRSb | BDIb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64 | M | R | L | R CR | 0.34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 42 | M | R | L | R SPL/IS/STG | 168.36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 78 | F | R | L | R Th | 0.31 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 55 | M | R | R | L CD/CR | 0.56 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 66 | M | R | L | R Th/BG/IC | 28.59 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 68 | M | R | L | R Th | 0.68 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 55 | M | R | L | R CR | 1.30 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 72 | M | R | L | R Th | 0.40 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | 74 | M | R | R | L Th | 0.27 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 62 | M | L | R | L GP/IC | 0.68 | 275 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 50 | M | L | R | L SPL/Put | 28.96 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Mean ± SD | 62.4 ± 10.9 | 77.5 ± 73.7 | 2.3 ± 1.6 | 2.0 ± 1.0 | 5.8 ± 4.2 |
a
Handedness was determined according to the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory.26
b
These clinical scores were assessed on the first day of examination.
BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; BG = basal ganglia; CD = caudate; CR = corona radiata; GP = globus pallidus; IC = internal capsule; IS = insula; mRS = modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Put = putamen; SPL = superior parietal lobule; STG = superior temporal gyrus; Th = thalamus. L = left; R = right; SD = standard deviation.