Acupuncture De Qi in Stable Somatosensory Stroke Patients: Relations with Effective Brain Network for Motor Recovery

Table 1

Clinical and demographic data.

	Patient number
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Age (years)	56	64	57	68	57	37	58	71	52
Gender	F	M	M	M	F	M	M	M	M
Localization of infarct	BG	IC	IC	CR	IC	IC	IC	IC	BG
Motricity Index	0	60	14	72	23	60	34	76	76
	11	64	14	72	23	60	34	76	—
Rankin Scale	4	1	2	2	4	2	3	2	2
	4	1	2	1	4	2	3	1	—
Barthel Index	35	95	60	90	60	85	65	90	85
	40	95	65	85	60	85	75	90	—
NIHSS	14	3	9	5	8	7	7	3	5
	8	1	9	2	8	7	7	2	—
MMSE	22	30	27	29	22	30	30	24	30
	23	30	30	28	24	30	30	27	—
Brunnstrom	I	IV	II	II	I	V	II	V	II
	I	IV	II	III	I	V	II	V	—
Asworth	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	—

BG: basal ganglia; IC: internal capsule; CR: corona radiate; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; MMSE: minimental state Examination.