The Efficacy of Balance Training with Video Game-Based Therapy in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients. Mean ± standard deviations are reported for age and time from stroke event, median and interquartile range are reported for Barthel Index, and between the squared brackets the ranges are reported. Statistical comparison for numerical continuous variables was carried out, the 𝑡-test and chi-squared test were used to compare frequencies of categorical variables, and the nonparametric Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test was used to compare the Barthel Index scores.

Groups	Number of patients	Mean age [years]; (range)	Time from stroke event [days]; (range)	Right/left hemiparesis	Median Barthel Index at admission (interquartile range)
Wii group	25	58.36±9.62; [47–74]	61.00±36.47; [20–155]	11R/14L	87 (27); [37–100]
Control group	25	61.96±10.31; [36–76]	41.65±36.89; [6–124]	18R/7L	78 (32); [39–100]
Total	50	𝟔𝟎.𝟏𝟔±𝟏𝟎.𝟎𝟒; [36–76]	𝟓𝟏.𝟓𝟑±𝟑𝟕.𝟓𝟕; [6–155]	29R/21L	80 (29); [37–100]
𝑃 value	—	0.208	0.0773	0.239	0.148