Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over Premotor Cortex Improves Motor Function in Severe Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of participants at baseline.
M1
PMC
Sham
value
Age, mean (SD),
55.18 (4.21)
52.97 (3.19)
54.76 (4.28)
0.41
Gender (male/female),
13/7
9/11
12/8
0.94
Ischemic/hemorrhagic lesion,
14/6
11/9
15/5
0.63
Cortical/subcortical stroke,
8/12
9/11
8/12
0.87
Basal ganglia
2
1
3
0.85
PLIC-Thalamus
3
1
0
0.53
PLIC-corona radiata
5
7
7
0.92
Thalamus
0
1
1
0.89
Striatum
2
1
1
0.85
Cortical
8
9
8
0.83
Volume size, mean (SD), cm3
17.8 (5.49)
23.1 (3.96)
22.7 (3.09)
0.67
Side of brain lesion (right/left),
9/11
11/9
10/10
0.73
Months after stroke, mean (SD)
1.78 (1.75)
1.86 (1.52)
1.92 (1.36)
0.82
NIHSS score, mean (SD)
17.2 (0.4)
17.4 (0.9)
16.7 (1.3)
0.91
NIHSS: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. PLIC: Posterior limb of the internal capsule.
