Compelled Body Weight Shift Technique to Facilitate Rehabilitation of Individuals with Acute Stroke
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of study participants ().
Subject no.
Height (m)
Weight (kg)
Age, years
Gender
Ischemic (I)/Hemorrhag (H)
Location of stroke
Time since stroke (days)
FIM ambulation score at start of treatment
Experimental group
(1)
1.8
83.5
42
Male
I
Right temporo parietal
12
1
(2)
1.6
70.3
59
Female
H
Left thalamic
10
1
(3)
1.8
102.5
33
Male
I
Right parieto-occipital
13
2
(4)
1.6
54.9
49
Male
H
Left frontoparietal
8
2
(5)
1.6
81.6
36
Female
I
Right middle cerebral artery (MCA)
13
4
Mean ± SE
Control group
(6)
1.9
94.8
41
Male
H
Left posterior temporal and parieto-occipital
7
4
(7)
1.8
74.4
52
Male
I
Right MCA occlusion
9
2
(8)
1.5
52.6
62
Female
H
Left intraparenchymal and subarachnoid
21
2
(9)
1.5
72.6
73
Female
H
Left thalamic
11
2
(10)
1.7
83.9
40
Male
H
Right basal ganglia and temporal
45
2
(11)
1.6
59
54
Male
I
Right embolic
13
1
Mean ± SE
FIM: Functional Independence Measure. The difference between the groups was not statistically significant: height (), weight (), age (), time since the stroke (), and FIM ().
