Acupuncture Enhances Communication between Cortices with Damaged White Matters in Poststroke Motor Impairment

Table 1

Group demographics and relevant clinical features.

Subject	Sex	Age (year)	Stroke duration (day)	NIHSS	FMA-U	FMA-L
Patient	15M/7F	59.91 ± 7.65	41.68 ± 25.02	5.05 ± 3.29	34.27 ± 19.80	24.50 ± 8.62
Control	10M/12F	57.95 ± 5.21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

F, female; FMA-L, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the lower limb; FMA-U, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper limb; M, male; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.