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 2
Clinical measurements of the affected upper limb at pre- and postintervention in the four groups.
Pre (median)
Post (median)
Change rate (median)
-score
value
FMA-UE (score)
Group A
40.00
46.00
5.00
-2.807
0.005
Group B
32.00
38.00
9.00
-2.812
0.005
Group C
32.00
52.00
21.00
-2.805
0.005
Group D
33.00
47.5
14.50
-2.673
0.008
BBT
Group A
23.50
25.00
2.00
-2.687
0.007
Group B
8.00
15.50
7.00
-2.810
0.005
Group C
12.00
19.50
9.00
-2.821
0.005
Group D
15.00
29.00
8.50
-2.668
0.008
Grip strength (kg)
Group A
2.72
5.21
1.20
-2.226
0.026
Group B
4.54
7.39
2.86
-2.814
0.005
Group C
2.65
7.40
3.56
-2.8.3
0.005
Group D
4.31
5.67
1.58
-2.807
0.005
Pinch strength (kg)
Group A
2.72
3.55
0.91
-2.371
0.018
Group B
1.81
2.93
1.01
-2.807
0.005
Group C
2.57
3.55
1.13
-2.668
0.008
Group D
2.27
3.25
0.98
-2.829
0.005
FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer assessment for upper extremities; BBT: box and block test. Study groups were as follows: (A) physiotherapy, (B) HF-rTMS+physiotherapy, (C) cross education+physiotherapy, and (D) HF-rTMS+cross education+physiotherapy.
