Research Article

Motor Organization in Schizencephaly: Outcomes of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Motor Tract Projections Correlate with the Different Domains of Hand Function

Table 3

Hand function test results of patients with schizencephaly.

Case no.More paretic handHFT ratio
Grip (kg; paretic : less paretic)B&B (; paretic : less paretic)9-hole (sec; paretic : less paretic)

1Lt0.21 (7 : 34)0.53 (31 : 58)0.35 (46 : 16)
2Lt0.12 (2 : 17)0.61 (25 : 41)0.06 (408 : 23)
3Lt0.09 (0.5 : 5.5)0.38 (8 : 21)0.19 (NT : 93)
4Rt0.1 (0.4 : 4)0.62 (18 : 29)0.33 (79 : 26)
5Rt0.29 (4 : 14)0.38 (15 : 40)0.12 (173 : 20)
6Lt0.5 (9 : 18)0.67 (14 : 21)0.26 (140 : 37)
7Rt0.25 (1 : 4)0.71 (37 : 52)0.42 (66 : 28)
8Lt0.33 (4 : 12)0.25 (10 : 40)0.05 (NT : 23)
9Rt0.66 (4 : 6)0.24 (6 : 25)0.15 (NT : 76)
10Rt0.55 (2.2 : 4)NP0.09 (NT : 47)
11Lt0.81 (13 : 16)0.94 (17 : 18)0.24 (225 : 54)
12Lt0.35 (3 : 8.6)0.43 (19 : 44)0.10 (260 : 27)

HFT: hand function test; B&B: box and block test; Grip: grip strength test; 9-hole: 9-hole peg test; Rt: right; Lt: left; kg: kilogram; : number of blocks; sec: second; SD: standard deviation; NT: not testable; NP: not performed.