Effects of Training for Finger Perception on Functional Recovery of Hemiplegic Upper Limbs in Acute Stroke Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of subjects ().

	Experimental group ()	Control group ()
Age (years)
Gender (male/female) (number)	19/12
Time post-stroke (days)
Rehabilitation training period (days)
Hemiparetic side (right/left) (number)	17/14	14/11
Type of stroke (hemorrhage/infarction) (number)	21/10	11/14
Brunnstrom’s stage (number)	I (3), II (0), III (1),IV (2), V (4), VI (21)	I (2), II (1), III (2),IV (1), V (3), VI (16)
Lesion site (number)	BG (7), BS (4), IC (5), SAH (4), TL (3), ICA (2), MCI (3), MCA (2), PCA (1)	BG (10), BS (1), IC (4), SAH (3), TL (1), MCI (3), MCA (2), PG (1)

BG: basal ganglia; BS: brainstem; IC: internal capsule; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; TL: thalamus; ICA: internal carotid artery; MCI: multiple cerebral infarctions; MCA: middle cerebral artery; PCA: posterior cerebral artery; PG: precentral gyrus. Values are shown as .