Motor Recovery of the Affected Hand in Subacute Stroke Correlates with Changes of Contralesional Cortical Hand Motor Representation

Table 1

Subjects characteristics.

(a)

Pat. Nr.	Sex	Age (years)	Time from stroke (days)	Stroke location	Stroke aetiology	Affected hem.	Dominant hem.	NIHSS (score)	MRS (score)	SIS (score)	MMS (score)	WMFT (score)		ARAT (score)
												NAH	AH	NAH	AH
P1	m	66	15	CR	i	ri	le	0	1	na	na	70	66	57	57
P2	m	64	48	CR, GTS	h	le	le	0	2	6	29	70	62	57	53
P3	m	78	15	P	i	ri	le	0	2	12	28	70	60	57	57
P4	m	70	14	CR, GFS, pre-CG, post-CG	i	le	le	3	2	21	30	70	52	57	37
P5	f	76	22	BG	i	ri	le	1	3	16	28	70	47	57	28
P6	f	89	29	CR, pre-CG	i	le	le	2	4	7	27	70	40	57	20
P7	f	49	22	CR, GFI, GTS	i	ri	le	4	4	23	27	70	36	57	19
P8	f	44	22	CR, BG	i	ri	le	3	3	10	30	70	32	57	19
P9	m	76	50	CI, BG	i	le	le	4	3	6	29	70	28	57	19
P10	m	40	19	CR, BG	h	ri	le	5	4	26	28	70	18	57	0
P11	m	30	25	CI, GFI, GTS	i	le	le	8	4	25	28	70	16	57	0
P12	f	75	32	T, CI, CR	i	le	le	10	4	22	21	70	16	57	0
P13	m	80	30	BG	i	ri	le	na	na	na	na	70	16	57	0
P14	m	74	57	CR, post-CG	i	ri	le	3	3	19	29	70	16	57	0
P15	m	63	14	CR, BG, GFI, GFS, pre-CR, post-CG	i	ri	le	10	4	27	30	70	15	57	0
P16	w	63	16	CR, BG	h	ri	le	6	4	32	30	70	15	57	0
P17	f	76	94	CR, BG, pre-CG, post-CG	i	ri	le	na	na	na	na	70	15	57	0

AH = affected hand/affected hemisphere; ARAT = Action Research Arm Test; BG = basal ganglia; CI = capsule internal; CR = corona radiate; f = female; GFI = gyrus frontal inferior; GFS = gyrus frontal superior; GTS = gyrus temporal superior; h = haemorrhage; i = ischemia; le = left; m = male; MMS = Mini Mental Status Examination Score; MRS = Modified Rankin Scale; NAH = nonaffected hand/nonaffected hemisphere; NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; ri = right; P = pons cerebri; pre CG = precentral gyrus; post-CG = postcentral gyrus; SIS = Sensibility Impairment Score; T = thalamus; WMFT = Wolf Motor Function Test.

(b)

Pat. Nr.	rMT (% of stimulator output)		MEP (mV)		MMA size (number of active sites)		MMA volume (mV)		COG anterior-posterior (cm)		COG medial-lateral (cm)		CSP (sec)		ISP (sec)
	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH	NAH	AH
P1	64	>100	0.40	0.00	3	0	0.98	0.00	1.83	na	4.13	na	0.108	na	0.025	na
P2	85	75	0.84	0.23	9	5	4.35	1.02	2.18	−0.23	5.17	5.04	0.085	0.263	0.029	0.025
P3	68	57	1.40	0.76	12	9	7.81	3.71	2.70	4.26	3.59	5.48	0.159	0.183	0.033	0.034
P4	73	>100	0.53	0.00	8	0	2.53	0.00	1.95	na	5.27	na	0.187	na	na	na
P5	49	>100	1.15	0.00	12	0	5.11	0.00	1.10	na	3.41	na	0.107	na	na	na
P6	45	47	1.64	0.53	13	11	7.64	2.73	0.46	0.63	2.90	3.95	0.184	0.103	na	0.025
P7	75	>100	0.57	0.00	17	0	2.83	0.00	0.31	na	4.88	na	0.165	na	na	na
P8	66	>100	0.96	0.00	13	0	5.43	0.00	−0.15	na	5.55	na	0.158	na	na	na
P9	40	>100	0.49	0.00	5	0	1.54	0.00	3.01	na	2.96	na	0.156	na	na	na
P10	55	>100	1.11	0.00	7	0	4.30	0.00	1.03	na	4.01	na	0.160	na	na	na
P11	60	>100	0.18	0.00	2	0	0.35	0.00	3.16	na	5.32	na	0.174	na	na	na
P12	49	>100	0.71	0.00	7	0	3.50	0.00	1.38	na	2.89	na	0.183	na	na	na
P13	60	>100	0.35	0.00	5	0	1.15	0.00	0.70	na	4.98	na	0.154	na	na	na
P14	48	>100	0.21	0.00	1	0	0.21	0.00	0.00	na	4.24	na	0.091	na	na	na
P15	57	>100	0.65	0.00	11	0	3.66	0.00	3.68	na	4.04	na	0.197	na	na	na
P16	67	>100	0.28	0.00	4	0	0.82	0.00	1.45	na	2.98	na	0.163	na	na	na
P17	53	>100	1.37	0.00	13	0	6.29	0.00	−0.04	na	5.38	na	0.109	na	na	na

AH = affected hand/affected hemisphere; COG = center of gravity; CSP = cortical silent period; ISP = ipsilateral silent period; MEP = motor evoked potential; MMA = motor map area; mV = millivolt; na = not applicable/not available; NAH = nonaffected hand/nonaffected hemisphere; RMT = resting motor threshold.