Contextual interference in children with brain lesions: a pilot study investigating blocked vs. random practice order of an upper limb robotic exergame

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Participant number	Age [yrs.]	Sex	Weight [kg]	Height [cm]	Diagnose	MACS level	More affected side	Trained side	Practice group
01	11.7	Male	42.0	146.5	Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	I	Left	Left	Blocked
02	16.2	Female	86.7	161.5	Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy	I	Left	Left	Blocked
03	10.6	Female	43.0	135.0	Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	III	Right	Right	Random
04	17.1	Male	60.4	188.5	Myelination disorder, ataxic movement disorders	II	Both similar	Left	Random^a
05	16.8	Female	59.2	167.0	Traumatic brain injury: bilateral, cerebral movement disorder, arms more accentuated (reduced strength and coordination right upper limb)	I	Right	Right	Random
06	16.9	Female	67.1	170.5	Functional hemispherectomy (Rasmussen encephalitis): hemiparesis, arm more accentuated	III	Left	Left	Not allocated^b
07	14.6	Male	31.9	140.5	Spastic cerebral palsy, legs and right side more accentuated	NA	Right		Not allocated^c
08	16.8	Female	16.8	57.8	Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy	II	Left	Left	Not allocated^d
09	6.7	Female	17.2	113.3	Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	I	Right	Right	Blocked
11	16.2	Male	60.6	164.0	Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	III	Left	Left	Not allocated ^b
12	15.1	Male	54.1	168.1	Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy	III	Left	Left	Blocked

One participant (number 10) was not included in the table due to withdrawal of the study including deletion of data
Abbreviations: yrs years, kg kilogramme, cm centimetre, MACS Manual Ability Classification System, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable
^aExcluded after the whole study procedure as data might have been distorted due to technical error
^bExcluded after familiarisation: physically not able to play the exergame
^cExcluded after first assessment block (week 1) self-reported compliance not given
^dExcluded after first assessment block: Botox injection after the first appointment

ISSN: 2055-5784