Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of participating patients at baseline
| Active | Sham | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 5 | 5 | |
| Age* | 58.8 (5.9) | 59.2 (17.5) | 0.97 |
| Time since stroke (days)* | 35.2 (21.7) | 47.4 (25.0) | 0.43 |
| Gender - male:female | 1:4 | 1:4 | 1.00a |
| Type of stroke | |||
| - Ischemic stroke | 4 | 4 | 1.00 a |
| - Hemorrhagic stroke | 1 | 1 | |
| Side of brain lesion | |||
| - Left | 3 | 3 | 1.00 a |
| - Right | 2 | 2 | |
| Education | |||
| - Primary school | 2 | 2 | 0.34b |
| - Secondary school | 2 | 0 | |
| - Vocational certificate | 1 | 2 | |
| - Higher education | 0 | 1 | |
| MRC-UE* | 2.80 (1.09) | 2.20 (2.05) | 0.58 |
| MRC-LE* | 1.20 (1.30) | 2.00 (1.87) | 0.45 |
| BS-ARM* | 3.60 (0.89) | 3.20 (1.09) | 0.54 |
| BS-HAND* | 2.80 (1.30) | 3.00 (1.00) | 0.79 |
| FMA-UE* | 23.40 (13.47) | 21.40 (12.68) | 0.81 |
| WMFT-FAS* | 28.40 (11.72) | 28.20 (15.01) | 0.98 |
| WMFT-TIME* | 87.69 (20.71) | 89.51 (29.76) | 0.91 |
MRC-UE Medical Research Council scale of upper extremity, MRC-LE Medical Research Council scale of lower extremity, FMA-UE Fugl-Meyer upper extremity motor score, WMFT-FAS Wolf motor function test - Functional ability, WMFT-TIME Wolf motor function test-Performance time
aP-value by Fisher’s Exact test
bP-value by Chi-squared test
*Mean (standard deviation); p-value by Independence t-test