Table I.
Participant Information. MVC = elbow flexors maximum voluntary contraction strength, ueFMS = upper extremity Fugl-Meyer score (maximum score = 66). There were no significant differences between groups for Age, Sex, or handedness as assessed prior to stroke (see main text).
| Group | Age | Sex | ueFMS | Arm tested | Years Post Stroke | Stroke Type | Lesion location |
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| Healthy Control | 28 | F | 66 | Dominant [R] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 70 | M | 66 | Dominant [R] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 66 | M | 66 | Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 61 | F | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 58 | F | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 58 | M | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 51 | F | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 64 | F | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 55 | F | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 47 | M | 66 | Dominant [L] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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| Mild to Moderate | 74 | M | 66 | Dominant [R] | 5 | Hemorrhagic | L Frontal |
| 66 | M | 66 | Non-Dominant [L] | 9 | Hemorrhagic | R Frontal/Parietal | |
| 60 | M | 65 | Dominant [R] | 2 | Ischemic | L Frontal | |
| 75 | M | 64 | Dominant [R] | 4 | Ischemic | L Frontal | |
| 43 | F | 61 | Non-Dominant [L] | 8 | Hemorrhagic | R Parietal | |
| 57 | M | 59 | Non-Dominant [L] | 1 | Ischemic | R Medulla | |
| 64 | M | 58 | Dominant [R] | 4 | Ischemic | L Putamen | |
| 21 | M | 58 | Non-Dominant [L] | 2 | Ischemic | Frontal | |
| 66 | M | 57 | Non-Dominant [L] | 3 | Ischemic | R Pons | |
| 58 | F | 56 | Non-Dominant [L] | 4 | Hemorrhagic | R Frontal | |
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| Moderate to Severe | 28 | F | 43 | Dominant [R] | 4 | Ischemic | L Pons |
| 69 | M | 43 | Dominant [R] | 3 | Ischemic | L Frontal/Parietal | |
| 54 | M | 40 | Non-Dominant [L] | 15 | hemorrhagic | R Frontal/Putamen | |
| 67 | M | 33 | Dominant [R] | 3 | Ischemic | L Thalamus | |
| 43 | M | 30 | Non-Dominant [L] | 2 | Ischemic | L Temporal/Putamen | |
| 28 | F | 30 | Dominant [R] | 10 | Hemorrhagic | L Frontal | |
| 55 | F | 21 | Non-Dominant [L] | 5 | Hemorrhagic | R Thalamus | |
| 51 | F | 21 | Non-Dominant [L] | 12 | Hemorrhagic | R Frontal/Parietal | |
| 70 | F | 21 | Dominant [R] | 11 | Ischemic | L Frontal/Parietal/Thalamus | |
| 63 | M | 13 | Non-Dominant [L] | 11 | Hemorrhagic | R Putamen | |