Unaffected Arm Muscle Hypercatabolism in Dysphagic Subacute Stroke Patients: The Effects of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation

Table 1

Classification of stroke location, functional effects of stroke, and swallowing abnormalities of stroke population at admission to the rehabilitation centre.

	Patients (%)
Stroke location
Cortical stroke:
Dominant (left)	Number 9 (23.7%)
Nondominant (right)	Number 8 (21%)
Subcortical stroke:
Dominant (left)	Number 7 (18.4%)
Nondominant (right)	Number 5 (13.2%)
Brainstem stroke	Number 6 (15.8%)
Cerebellar stroke	Number 3 (7.9%)
Stroke severity
FIM impairments (score)
Motor 21 ± 15^*
Cognitive 8 ± 6.5^*
Dysphagia; (clinical/video fluoroscopic evaluation)
Delayed oral transit	Number 18 (47.4%)
Incomplete oral clearance	Number 10 (26.3%)
Wet voice	Number 3 (7.9%)
Absent cough	Number 7 (18.4%)

FIM: functional independence measure. ^*Total FIM scores range from 18 (totally dependent) to 126 (totally independent); motor scores range from 13 (total dependence) to 91 (total independence); cognitive scores range from 5 (total dependence) to 35 (total independence).