Efficacy of interactive manual dexterity training after stroke: a pilot single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 42 included stroke patients

	Dextrain (N = 21)	CT (N = 21)	P-value (MWU test)
Gender (Male/Female)	16 M, 5 F	13 M, 8 F
Ischemic/Haemorrhagic stroke	17 I, 4 H	20 I, 1 H
Paretic side (Right, Left)	13 R, 8 L	12 R, 9 L
Age (mean ± SD)	58 ± 12	70 ± 16	0.008*
Time since stroke (months, mean ± SD)	23 ± 26	25 ± 27	0.86
MMSE (mean ± SD)	29 ± 1	28 ± 2	0.10
Barthel index (mean ± SD)	97 ± 6	84 ± 25	0.14
BBT (blocks/min) (median, quartile range)	30, 19	28, 24	0.33
ForceMax % (median, quartile range)	63, 13	49, 34	0.11
MPUT (time/object) (median, quartile range)	3, 4	3, 5	0.34*
Max Tapping speed (number of taps in 15 s) (mean ± SD)	32.4 ± 12.0	30.1 ± 11.2	0.47
ARAT (max 57) (median, quartile range)	53, 6	54, 21	0.18

*Student t-test; MWU test: Mann–Whitney U test
Range of clinical scale and clinical cut off value are as follows: MMSE [0–30, ≥ 25 normal], Barthel index [0–100, 100 normal], BBT [0-no upper limit, > 54 blocks/s normal], MPUT [0-60 s per item, ≤ 1.6 normal], ARAT [0–57, 57 normal]. We checked how many patients were in the 3–6 months post-stroke phase, since residual improvement may be greater than after 6 months [35]. Three (of 21) patients in the Dextrain group were 3–6 months post-stroke and 5 (of 21) in the CT group

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