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Table 1 Study characteristics for all subjects

From: Neuroanatomical regions associated with non-progressive dysarthria post-stroke: a systematic review

Study

Country

Sample size (n = 1150)

Enrollment periodb years;months

Mean age (range)

Gender males

n

Stroke type

Neuroimaging technique used

Days to initial imaging

Method of dysarthria assessmentj

Days to dysarthria assessmentj

Ackermann et al. [17]

Germany

12

NSc

55.8 (34–75)

8

Ischemic

MRIe and/or CTf

 ≤ 7

Neurophonetic test battery

 ≤ 7

Barth et al. [35]

Switzerland

34

3;0

67 (24–87)

25

Ischemic

MRI

3–7

Clinical

NS

Bassetti et al. [36]

Switzerland

36

3;0

64 (20–80)

26

Ischemic

MRI and CT

 ≤ 7

Clinical

NS

Beckmann et al. [37]

Turkey

64

4;0

64.2 (29–87)

30

Ischemic

MRI and CT

 ≤ 5

Clinical

NS

Canbaz et al. [16]

Turkey

55

0;3

65.5 (18–97)

36

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

NS

Clinical

 ≤ 3

Chung et al. [39]

Korea

215

3;0

57.4 (27–90)

133

Hemorrhagic

CT

NS

Clinical

NS

Erdemoglu and Duman [38]

Turkey

21

NS

62 (31–85)

14

Ischemic

CT

 ≤ 3

Clinical

NS

Kase et al. [41]

United States of America

66

5;0

61(18–88)

46

Ischemic

MRI or CT

NS

Clinical

NS

Kataoka et al. [42]

Japan

49

11;0

67.2 ± 6.7d

31

Ischemic

MRI

7–14

Clinical

3–7

Kim et al. [49]

South Korea

26

8;0

58.6 (34–89)

14

Hemorrhagic

MRI or CT

 ≤ 21

Clinical

On admission

Kim [46]

South Korea

13

5;0

56 (33–72)

9

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

 ≤ 5 g

Clinical

NS

Kim [47]

South Korea

130

8;0

57 (28–84)

90

Ischemic

MRI

NS

Clinical

NS

Kim and Kim [40]

South Korea, Canada

40

6;9

65 (47–81)

23

Ischemic

MRI

 ≤ 10

Clinical

NS

Kim et al. [18]

South Korea

37

3;4

61 (36–85)

19

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

NS

Clinical

NS

Min et al. [48]

South Korea

31

1;3

59 (42–80)

24

Ischemic

MRI

NS

Clinical

NS

Okuda et al. [43]

Japan

12

9;0

67.8 (49–81)

10

Ischemic

MRI

10–54

Clinical

NS

Schmahmann et al. [50]

US

25

8;0

61 (32–82)

15

Ischemic

MRI or CT

NS

Clinical

NS

Tanaka et al. [44]

Japan

31

3;0

68.1 ± 11.6

19

Ischemic

MRI

 < 1 h

Clinical

On admission

Tohgi et al. [45]

Japan

64

NS

61.9 (NS)

47

Ischemic

MRI and CT

CT: on admission MRI: ≤ 30

Clinical

NS

Urban et al. [31]

Germany

68

5;0

65.2 (34–86)

43

Ischemic

MRI or CT

 ≤ 3

Neurophonetic test battery

 ≤ 3

Urban et al. [32]

Germany

18

NS

64 (45–82)

13

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

NS

Neurophonetic test battery

 ≤ 5

Urban et al. [33]

Germany

18

NS

NS

NS

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

 ≤ 1

Neurophonetic test battery

 ≤ 7

Urban et al. [34]

Germany

62

3;2

64.7 (34–87)

44

Ischemic

MRI and/or CT

NS

Neurophonetic test battery

 ≤ 3

Vuilleumier et al. [19]

Switzerland

23a

3;1

62.5 (30–85)

18

Ischemic

MRI

 ≤ 16i

Clinical

1–16

  1. aFive subjects with lower brainstem lesions were excluded from the initial sample: one subject had medullary infarction associated with parietal aneurysm and the other four subjects had unclassified infarctions
  2. bThe length of data collection period
  3. cNot specified
  4. dmean ± standard deviation
  5. eMagnetic resonance imaging
  6. fComputed Tomography
  7. gAll subjects were examined within 5 days except for 3 patients
  8. hMedian onset-to-imaging time
  9. iAll subjects were examined within 16 days (mean of 6 days) except for 2 patients
  10. jStarting from stroke onset