Feasibility of Functional Electrical Stimulation-Assisted Neurorehabilitation following Stroke in India: A Case Series
Table 2
Summary of the case series (M: male, F: female, MCA: middle cerebral artery, PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, CABG: coronary artery bypass graft, TA: tibialis anterior muscle, MMT: manual muscle test, MAS: modified Ashworth scale, URS: usability rating scale, OGA: observational gait analysis, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging).
Case
Age/gender
MRI diagnosis
Comorbidities
Year of stroke
TA MMT
Ankle MAS
URS
Pre versus postintervention OGA
1
31/M
Right MCA stroke: infarct in right basal ganglia, fronto-temporal, and perisylvian grey and white matter.
None
2008
1+
3
Easy
Improvement
2
58/F
Left MCA stroke: acute non-hemorrhagic infarct in left basal ganglia and paraventricular white matter/corona radiate with lacunar infarct in left high frontal pre-central cortex.
Diabetes, hypertension, post-PTCA
2009
2−
2
Easy
No change
3
72/F
Right basal ganglia infarct: gliotic area and old hemorrhagic remnant in right basal ganglia and thalamus with chronic ischemic changes in the brain.
Hypertension
2006
3−
2
Moderately difficult
Improvement
4
63/M
Left MCA stroke including basal ganglia: infarct in the territory supplied by left Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) including basal ganglia.
Diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension
2009
2
2
Easy
No change
5
73/M
Left MCA stroke.
Post-CABG
2010
3−
1+
Easy
Improvement
6
76/F
Right MCA stroke, including basal ganglia.
Post-CABG
2009
3−
1+
Easy
No change
7
65/F
Left MCA stroke, including basal ganglia and subcortical white matter.
