Clinical Study

Functional Brain Correlates of Upper Limb Spasticity and Its Mitigation following Rehabilitation in Chronic Stroke Survivors

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

Stroke subjects
n = 23

Age in years, mean (std. dev.)56.3 (12.8)
Female (%)41
Stroke hemisphere (% left)55%
Stroke type (% ischemic)88.6%
Years since stroke1.8 (1.1)
Lesion location n (%)
 BG/IC 7 (30%)
 Pons2 (8.6%)
 Frontal lobe1 (2.3%)
 Frontal/parietal lobes3 (13%)
 Frontal lobe/BG/IC3 (13%)
 Frontal/parietal lobes/BG/IC5 (21.7%)
 Frontal/parietal/temporal lobes/BG/IC2 (8.6%)
Medical history
 DM17.4%
 HTN52.2%
 Heart disease21.7%
 Smoking56.5%