Table 2.

Activity measures of the ipsilateral versus contralateral forelimb during and after casting

GroupDuring castingAfter casting
IpsiContraIpsiContra
Lesion+Contra14.74 (3.1)*0 (0)20.7 (1.6)11.2 (1.3)
Lesion+Ipsi0 (0)13.2 (2.0)*21.5 (2.4)11.1 (1.6)
Lesion+No21.5 (2.1)7.9 (1.4)18.6 (2.1)12.2 (1.4)
Sham19.5 (1.0)19.9 (1.5)18.8 (3.7)20.5 (0.8)
  • Data are presented as mean ± SE. Lesion+Ipsi animals used their impaired forelimb more than Lesion+No animals. Lesion+Contra animals used their nonimpaired forelimb less than Lesion+No animals. *p < 0.001, significantly different from Lesion+No;p < 0.05, significantly different from Contra forelimb.