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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Characterization of stroke-related upper limb motor impairments across various upper limb activities by use of kinematic core set measures

Characteristic

Mild impairment (N = 13)

No impairment (N = 5)

Moderate imapirement (N = 13)

Gender, female/male

2/3

5/8

5/8

Mean age (SD), years

65.75 (10.72)

62.85 (13.43)

60.69 (11.58)

Mean body height (SD), cm

169.41 (7.47)

174.77(12.92)

172.85(8.97)

Mean BMI (SD), kg/m2

23.26 (2.18)

26.02 (4.46)

27.92 (3.92)

Paretic body side, left/right

–

7/6

5/8

Months since strokea

–

13 (9–29)

24 (18–34)

Initial stroke severity NIHSSa

–

6 (6–10)

10 (6–15)

MoCA (0–30)a

–

27 (26–28)

26 (24–28)

MAS sum of the upper extremity (0–14)a,b

–

3 (2–4)

1 (0–1)

EmNSA-UE (0–40)a

–

38 (36–38)

39 (38–40)

FMMA-UE (0–66)a

–

40 (37–42)

55 (53–59)

 FMMA-UE arm subsection (0–36)a

–

22 (21–24)

30 (29–33)

 FMMA-UE wrist subsection (0–10)a

–

6 (5–6)

7 (6–8)

 FMMA-UE hand subsection (0–14)a

–

9 (5–10)

14 (13–14)

 FMMA-UE coordination subsection (0–6)a

–

4 (3–4)

5 (4–5)

  1. BMI body mass index, EmNSA Erasmus modified version of the Nottingham Sensory Assessment, FMMA-UE Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment of the Upper Extremity, MAS modified Ashworth Scale, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, L left, SD standard deviation
  2. aIndicates that values are presented in median (interquartile range)
  3. bIndicates MAS scores between 1 and 2 for seven muscle groups