Research Article
Brain Plasticity following Intensive Bimanual Therapy in Children with Hemiparesis: Preliminary Evidence
Table 3
Lateralization index for all participants across examinations.
| | Case | Affected LI | Less affected LI |
Behavioral improvement | | Before | After | FU | Before | After | FU |
| | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | UM + BM | | 2 | 0.4 | 0.74 | — | 1 | 1 | — | BM only | | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | BM only | | 4 | −0.02 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | UM + BM | | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | UM + BM | | 6 | 0.055 | −0.37 | 1 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.94 | None | | 7 | −0.83 | −1 | −0.16 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | UM + BM | | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | BM only | | 9 | −1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | UM + BM | | 10 | 1 | −0.27 | — | 1 | 1 | — | UM + BM | | 11 | 0.28 | −1 | — | 0.46 | 0.41 | — | UM + BM | | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | UM only |
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LI: lateralization index; FU: follow-up (6 weeks after intervention); UM: unimanual; BM: bimanual.
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