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Measure
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Subjects with Stroke (n = 38)
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Left-Affected (n = 22)
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Right-Affected (n = 16)
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Controls (n = 74)
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|---|
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Age (years)a
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63.5 (26–87)
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65.5 (26–83)
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62 (41–87)
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47.5 (20–87)
|
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Weight (kg)a
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85.2 (55–127)
|
85.2 (55–127)
|
85.4 (59–127)
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75 (45.5-134)
|
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Sex (M/F)
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21/17
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12/10
|
9/7
|
42/32
|
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Handedness (L/R/A)
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6/32/0
|
2/20/0
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4/12/0
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6/68/0
|
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Days since strokea
|
27.5 (2–50)
|
22.5 (2–46)
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31.5 (12–50)
|
-
|
|
FIMab
|
107 (37–126)
|
108 (37–124)
|
107 (66–126)
|
-
|
|
FIM motor scoreac
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74.5 (17–91)
|
75.5 (17–90)
|
73.5 (41–91)
|
-
|
|
BIT scorea
|
141.5 (86–146)
|
141.5 (86–146)
|
142 (128–146)
|
-
|
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Strengtha
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16 (3–20)
|
16.5 (3–20)
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16 (4–20)
|
-
|
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CMSA arm score
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Affected armd
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[0 8 9 5 8 4 4]
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[0 4 4 2 7 3 2]
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[0 4 5 3 1 1 2]
|
-
|
|
Unaffected armd
|
[0 0 0 0 6 16 16]
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[0 0 0 0 5 6 11]
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[0 0 0 0 1 10 5]
|
-
|
- Abbreviations: M/F (male/female), L/R/A (left/right/ambidextrous), FIM (Functional Independence Measure), CMSA (Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment scale) Legend: amedian (min-max); bFIM consists of 18 items scored from 1 to 7, higher scores representing greater functional independence csubset of FIM with 13 items. d[n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6 n7] corresponds to the number of subjects with CMSA arm scores of [1 2 3 4 5 6 7]. A higher score represents lower physical impairment.
