Evaluation of Contralateral Limb Cross Education and High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Functional Indices of the Affected Upper Limb in Subacute Phase of Stroke

Table 1

Demographic and baseline data of patients in the four groups ().

Parameters	Group A ()	Group B ()	Group C ()	Group D ()	value
Age (years)					0.14
Sex, male/female, (%)	5 (50)/5 (50)	6 (60)/4 (40)	7 (70)/3 (30)	5 (50)/5 (50)	0.77
Onset time (months)					0.52
Dominant hand, right/left, (%)	10 (100)/0 (0)	8 (80)/2 (20)	10 (100)/0 (0)	10 (100)/0 (0)	0.09
Affected hand, right/left, (%)	5 (50)/5 (50)	4 (40)/6 (60)	4 (40)/6 (60)	4 (40)/6 (60)	0.95
Treatment duration (sessions)					0.46
FMA-UE score					0.28
BBT (unit)					0.31
Grip strength (kg)					0.62
Pinch strength (kg)					0.82

Abbreviations. FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer assessment for upper extremities; BBT: box and block test. Values demonstrate mean (standard deviation) or frequency. Study groups were as follows: (A) physiotherapy, (B) HF-rTMS+physiotherapy, (C) cross education+physiotherapy, and (D) HF-rTMS+cross education+physiotherapy.