Testing spasticity mechanisms in chronic stroke before and after intervention with contralesional motor cortex 1 Hz rTMS and physiotherapy

Mahmoud, Wala; Hultborn, Hans; Zuluaga, Jagoba; Zrenner, Christoph; Zrenner, Brigitte; Ziemann, Ulf; Ramos-Murguialday, Ander

doi:10.1186/s12984-023-01275-9

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Testing spasticity mechanisms in chronic stroke before and after intervention with contralesional motor cortex 1 Hz rTMS and physiotherapy

ID	Age (years)	Sex	Time since stroke (months)	Affected side	Ischemic /hemorrhagic	Location	FMA-UE/66	MAS wrist	MAS total/70	Visual analog scale (%)	MAL (%)	Disability rating scale/24
2	66	Female	92	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	6	2	17	50	0	12
3	76	Female	16	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	34	1+	12	15	8	8
4	46	Male	16	Left	Hemorrhagic	Right frontal intracranial bleeding	8	0	7	10	0	14
6	70	Female	240	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	8	4	24	45	0	9
8	44	Female	23	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	41	2	12	50	25	17
9	65	Male	25	Left	Ischemic	Thalamus	7	3	35	70	0	11
12	52	Female	14	Left	Ischemic	Anterior cerebral artery	4	0	3,5		0
13	84	Male	104	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery (lenticulostriate)	8	1+	8,5	40	2	15
14	71	Female	63	Right	Hemorrhagic	Frontoparietal subdural hematoma	11	4	28	100	0	22
15	55	Male	38	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	13	1	8,5		0	18
16	54	Male	14	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	12	3	23	50	6	16
18	55	Female	18	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	39	0		0	38	7
19	54	Male	51	Right	Ischemic	Medulla oblongata/cerebellum	55	1+	5	51	6	19
20	67	Male	46	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	19	1+	7	50	0	15
21	51	Male	9	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	7	1+	7,5	50	0	15
22	53	Female	22	Right	Hemorrhagic	Frontoparietal intracranial bleeding	42	0	8,5	80	7	9
23	54	Male	32	Right	Ischemic	Anterior cerebral artery	5	1	9,5	50	0	12
26	54	Male	37	Left	Ischemic	Anterior choroidal artery	10	0	8	50	0	21
27	58	Male	35	Left	Ischemic	Basal ganglia	10	1+	6	0	0	18
28	74	Male	14	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	18	2	10,5	60	23	14
29	38	Male	13	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	14	1	6,5	30	3
31	51	Male	48	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	26	0	15,5	75	6	13
32	44	Male	32	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	11	2	14,5	30	0	3
33	57	Female	20	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	41	0	6,5	0	10	11
34	36	Male	64	Right	ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	28	0	9,5		0	14
35	73	Male	8	Left	ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	38	1	7	15	9	10
36	64	Male	45	Left	Hemorrhagic	Left intracranial bleeding	14	0	1	25	0	11
37	60	Male	19	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	16	0	10	60	0	12
38	29	Female	27	Right	Hemorrhagic	Left intracranial bleeding	14	1+	12	80	0	11
39	48	Male	88	Left	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	9	3	21	100	0	21
40	56	Male	37	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	16	4	29,5	80	3	17
41	27	Male	17	Left	Hemorrhagic	Right intracranial bleeding	18	2	13,5	60	6
42	52	Male	39	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	48	1+	5	25	28	6
43	70	Male	43	Right	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	46	1+	7,5	50	9	12
44	70	Male	95	Right	Hemorrhagic	Left intracranial bleeding	7	2	21,5	50	0	13
46	77	Female	43	Left	Ischemic	Right internal carotid	4	4	23		0
47	58	Female	80	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	43	2	17	45	44	5
48	71	male	40	Left	Ischemic	Cerebral peduncle	47	1+	13,5	35	19	11
49	64	Female	6	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	32	2	14,5	50	0	12
1001	70	Female	40	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	10	1	6,5	20	0	8
1004	62	Male	16	Right	Hemorrhagic	Basal ganglia	22	1+	6,5	15	0	13
1007	69	Male	120	Right	Ischemic	Anterior &middle carotid arteries	39	1+	14	60	5	20
1009	54	Male	179	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	58	1	4	40	35	8
1014	53	Male	45	Left	Ischemic	Posterior cerebral artery	31	1	11	50	10	10
1018	70	Male	36	Left	Ischemic	Frontoparietal	57	0	6	40	52	5
1023	54	male	47	Right	Hemorrhagic	Thalamus	28	2	18,5	60	43	7
1024	67	Male	50	Left	Ischemic	Basal ganglia	32	3	16,5	100	26	16
1039	49	Male	73	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	38	3	17	75	14	4
1044	73	Male	71	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	42	1+	9	30	21	11
1055	58	Male	27	Right			56	0	0	0	30	7
1061	66	Male	36	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	34	1	10	55	18	12
1065	52	Male	29	Left	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	45	1	9	50	16	16
1076	44	Female	12	Right	Ischemic	Middle cerebral artery	59	0	6,5	0	69	4
1077	59	Female	29	Right	Hemorrhagic	Left intracranial bleeding	21	2	15,5	30	0	20

The clinical scores represent those acquired before the intervention. FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity; MAS: modified Ashworth scale; MAL: motor activity log, a structured interview which examines the patient’s use of the affected upper limb in comparison to the time before the injury

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