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Table 1 Threshold and maximum indentation of stroke subjects in the spastic (S) and contralateral (C) sides and on the dominant side of control subjects as calculated from the EMG activity recorded from the BB muscle (medial and lateral). The values in bold are the measured thresholds. For subjects with no identifiable threshold, the maximum indentation was assigned as the threshold value for further analysis

From: Stretch reflex excitability in contralateral limbs of stroke survivors is higher than in matched controls

Stroke

Control

Sub. #

Threshold (mm)

Maximum

Indentation (mm)

Sub. #

Threshold (mm)

Maximum

Indentation (mm)

BB-Medial

BB-Lateral

BB-Medial

BB-Lateral

S

C

S

C

S

C

1

5

13

4

13

20

20

1

25

25

25

2

4

9

6

9

23

24

2

14

18

18

3

4

16

10

16

24

25

3

23

23

23

4

6

20

11

20

14

25

4

19

19

19

5

8

11

7

14

21

19

5

25

25

25

6

10

15

12

22

21

25

6

24

24

24

7

13

25

10

25

25

25

7

25

25

25

8

7

25

9

21

23

25

8

21

21

21

9

10

12

10

12

18

25

9

20

16

20

       

10

18

17

23

Mean ± SD

7.4 ± 3.1

16.2 ± 5.9

8.8 ± 2.6

16.9 ± 5.3

21.0 ± 3.4

23.7 ± 2.4

 

21.4 ± 3.7

21.3 ± 3.6

22.3 ± 2.6