Research Article
Effects of Direction and Index of Difficulty on Aiming Movements after Stroke
Table 1
Demographic and clinical data of the left and right poststroke hemiparesis and control groups.
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Control
() | RCVA
() | LCVA
() |
| | Gender | | | | | | F/M | | | | | Age (years) | | | | | | Average | 55 | 60 | 56 | | SD | 8 | 7 | 9 | | Time after lesion (months) | | | | | | Average | | | 52 | 47 | | SD | | | 44 | 62 | | Fugl-Meyer Scale (score) | | | | | | Average | | | 46.9 | 48.3 | | SD | | | 14.1 | 19.1 | | MMSE (score) | | | | | | Average | 28.5 | 27.8 | 26.1 | | SD | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
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Control
() |
RCVA
() |
LCVA
() | | | Right | Left |
| | Pinch strength (kgf) | | | | | | Average | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | | SD | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | | Grip strength (kgf) | | | | | | Average | 24.6 | 23.5 | 20.8 | 18.3 | | SD | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
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RCVA: right cerebrovascular accident; LCVA: left cerebrovascular accident; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Exam; F: female; M: male; SD: standard deviation.
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