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Table 1 Characteristics of ten stroke patients and clinical test scores and perceived levels of pain and burden during the experiment

From: Development of a single device to quantify motor impairments of the elbow: proof of concept

 

Gender

Age (yr)

Time post-stroke (yr)

Type of lesion

Hemiparetic arm

Modified Tardieu Scale* (R2-R1 (quality score: (0–5))

Upper Limb Fugl-Meyer (Range 0–66)

Perceived pain during experiment** (0–10)

Patient-perceived burden of experiment** (0–10)

Patient 1

Male

73

4

Ischemic

Dominant

0 (0)

66

0

0.3

Patient 2

Male

69

7

Ischemic

Dominant

0 (0)

62

2.7

0.7

Patient 3

Male

68

8

Ischemic

Non-dominant

0 (0)

64

1.7

2

Patient 4

Male

66

7

Ischemic

Dominant

− 105 (2)

32

0

2.3

Patient 5

Male

50

5

Ischemic

Non-dominant

0 (1)

45

0

4

Patient 6

Female

73

4

Ischemic

Non-dominant

0 (1)

54

0

0

Patient 7

Male

76

9

Ischemic

Non-dominant

− 81 (2)

21

0.3

1

Patient 8

Male

51

1

Ischemic

Non-dominant

− 76 (2)

10

0

1.3

Patient 9

Male

47

2

Ischemic

Dominant

− 95 (3)

31

6.7

6.3

Patient 10

Male

54

1

Ischemic

Non-dominant

− 90 (2)

39

1.3

0.7

  1. Yr years, R2-R1 Angle of muscle reaction in degrees; Quality of muscle reaction (scale 0–5); *Range from 0–140 degrees **Averaged over all experiments for a patient