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

Table 3

Four-quadrant (upper, lower, right, and left) facial function in Group C (status years after stroke). Individual data are given for each patient with stroke and dysphagia (𝑛=13).

Patient ID 𝑛=13	Interv (years)	Brain lesion type R	FP L	Brain lesion type L	FP R	Brain lesion type Bilat.	FAT 4 Quadr R/L	FAT 3 Quadr U + Low R/L	FAT 2 Quadr U + Low R/L	FAT 2 Quadr Low Bilat.	FAT 1 Quadr R/L	SCT mL/s
3	1	H					3.3 3.3; 3.0 3.3					0
27	1			I							0 0; 0.8 0	10.2
33	1			I			3.3 2.3; 3.0 1.5					7.2
7	1.2			I			1.7 1.7; 2.5 2.5					2.8
32	1.5			I	X						0 0; 0.3 0	1.6
5	2			I			2.0 1.3; 1.8 1.5					4.8
35	2.2			I			1.3 1.3; 2.5 0.8					0.6
9	3.5			H						0 0; 1.8 1.3		4.0
37	5			I	X					0 0; 1.3 0.3		2.2
29	5			I	X		3.7 2.3; 3.8 3.5					0.5
6	5.3	H								0 0; 0.5 0.5		0
11	5.5					I		0 0.7; 0.3 0.5				0
15	9			I	X						0 0; 0.3 0	9.1

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.