The volume and timing of upper limb movement in acute stroke rehabilitation: still room for improvement

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Characteristic	Participants (n = 20)
Age (years), median (range)	82 (60–90)
Gender, n Male (percentage)	8 (40%)
Days since stroke, median (IQR)	13.5 (9.5–26.25)
OCSP Classification n (%)
TACI	6 (30%)
PACI	2 (10%)
LACI	5 (25%)
POCI	5 (25%)
Multi area infarct	2 (10%)
Most affected side, n (%)
Right	11 (55%)
Left	9 (45%)
Dominant hand right, n (%)	18 (90%)
Dominant hand affected, n (%)	9 (45%)

IQR: Interquartile range; OSCP: Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project; TACI: Total anterior circulation infarcts; PACI: partial anterior circulation infarcts; LACI: Lacunar circulation infarcts; POCI: posterior circulation infarcts.

Figure 1. Movement category proportions per participant and as a whole. (UU: unaffected upper limb movement; BiL: Bilateral movement; BiM: bimaual movement; AU: affected upper limb movement)

Figure 2. Spline analysis of UL activity with 95% confidence bands. Time periods containing the top 20% and bottom 20% of activity are lightly shaded. (UU: unaffected upper limb movement; BiL: Bilateral movement; BiM: bimaual movement; AU: affected upper limb movement)

Table 2. Effect of meal time on three mutually-exclusive upper limb movement categories.

Type of movement	Mealtime Odds Ratio	(95% CI)	χ² statistic	DoF	p-Value
BiM or BiL	1.34	(0.96, 1.89)	2.80	1	0.09
UU only	0.89	(0.65, 1.21)	0.57	1	0.45
AU only	0.81	(0.54, 1.23)	0.92	1	0.34

CI: Confidence Interval; DoF: Degrees of freedom.