Functional Exercise and Physical Fitness Post Stroke: The Importance of Exercise Maintenance for Motor Control and Physical Fitness after Stroke

Table 2

Change scores in mean and SD between baseline and 36 months after stroke in two groups in Motor Assessment Scale (MAS), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Barthel Index (BI), Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and 𝑃-values.

	MAS <35 (𝑛=27)	MAS >35 (𝑛=37)	𝑃-value
MAS	13.2 (13.8)	2 (3.3)	0.001
BBS	18.9 (20.7)	4.3 (11.3)	0.001
BI	35 (38)	4.7 (9.8)	0.001
TUG	+8.6 (35.0)	−3.5 (6.0)	0.06
6MWT	152.2 (170.4)	194.5 (167.9)	0.3