Four-Quadrant Facial Function in Dysphagic Patients after Stroke and in Healthy Controls

Table 1

Four-quadrant (upper, lower, right, and left) facial function in Group A (status days after stroke). Individual data are given for each patient with stroke and dysphagia (𝑛=11).

Patient ID 𝑛=11	Interv (days)	Brain lesion type R	FP L	Brain lesion type L	FP R	Brain lesion type Bilateral	FAT 4 Quadr R/L	FAT 3 Quadr U + Low R/L	FAT 2 Quadr U + Low R/L	FAT 2 Quadr Low Bilateral	SCT mL/s
36	2	I	X				1.7 2.7; 2.0 3.0				0
19	6			I			1.0 1.0; 1.5 1.3				0
28	6	I	X						0 0.7; 0 1.5		3.4
20	7		X			I	1.3 1.3; 1.3 1.8				0
22	7	I	X							0 0; 1.5 2.8	0
21	10	I	X						0 1.2; 0 1.3		0
34	10			H	X		4.0 3.0; 3.5 3.0				0
17	20	I	X						0 1.0; 0 1.5		0
26	28	I						0 0.3; 0.8 1.0			7.1
30	28			I			3.0 3.0; 3.0 2.8				1.8
38	28			I	X		3.7 3.7; 4.0 4.0				2.2

ID: identification number; Interv: time interval between stroke event and start of study; FP: facial palsy; FAT: score of facial activity test; R: right side; L: left side; Low: lower facial branch; U: upper facial branch; I: infarction; X and figures in bold: FP as assessed by a referring physician; H: hemorrhage; SCT: swallowing capacity test; Quadr: quadrants.