Improving Upper Extremity Function and Quality of Life with a Tongue Driven Exoskeleton: A Pilot Study Quantifying Stroke Rehabilitation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants.

Baseline characteristics	Participants
Mean age at enrollment in years (SD)	60.8 (11.6)
Gender F and M n (%)	2 and 4 (66.67)
Mean time since stroke in months (SD)	21 (9.26)
Right hemiparesis (%)	3 (50)
Right hand dominant (%)	6 (100)
Incomplete data (%)	1 (16.67)
Baseline FMA/UE (SD)	25.67 (14.88)
Etiology of stroke	Ischemic (P1)
	Ischemic, received tPA and thrombectomy (P2)
	Hemorrhagic (P3)
	Ischemic (P4)
	Ischemic with hemorrhagic transformation (P5)
	Ischemic (P6)
Stroke location	Left subcortical MCA territory (P1)
	Right cortical MCA territory with subcortical sparing (P2)
	Right basal ganglia (P3)
	Left cortical MCA territory with subcortical sparing (P4)
	Left basal ganglia (P5),
	Right cortical MCA territory (P6)

P: participant; tPA: tissue plasminogen activator; MCA: middle cerebral artery; linear regression models exploring preliminary dose-response relationship between RMSE and daily sine wave practice time for all participants.