Research Article

Linking Prioritized Occupational Performance in Patients Undergoing Spasticity-Correcting Upper Limb Surgery to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population as a whole and split in diagnosis, regimens, and sexes.

Whole populationSplit in diagnosisSplit in treatment regimenSplit in sexes
TotalSCIStrokeHFRLFRFemaleMale

Patients (%)71 (100)42 (59)24 (34)34 (48)37 (52)19 (27)52 (73)
Age mean (min–max)57 (24–79)57 (24–79)59 (42–76)55 (28–79)60 (24–76)53 (24-76)59 (41-79)
Gender
 Women19 (27)6 (14)10 (42)6 (18)13 (35)19 (100)0 (0)
 Men52 (73)36 (86)14 (58)28 (82)24 (65)0(0)52 (100)
Diagnosis
 SCI42 (59.1)42 (100)0 (0)25 (73.5)17 (45.9)6 (32)36 (69)
 Stroke24 (33.8)0 (0)24 (100)8 (23.5)16 (43.2)10 (53)14 (27)
 TBI4 (5.6)0 (0)0 (0)1 (2.9)3 (8.1)2 (10)2 (4)
 Other/unknown1 (1.4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (2.7)1(5)0 (0)
Regimen
 HFR34 (48)25 (59)8 (33)34 (100)0 (0)6 (32)28 (54)
 LFR37 (52)17 (40)16 (67)0 (0)37 (100)13 (68)24 (46)
 Time (years) between injury and surgery mean (min–max)8 (1–35)7 (1–30)10 (1–32)8 (1–35)8 (1–26)12 (1-30)7 (1-35)

SCI = spinal cord injuries; HFR = high-functioning regimen; LFR = low-functioning regimen; Min = minimum; Max = maximum; TBI = traumatic brain injury.