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The Relationship between Acute Functional Status and Long-Term Ambulation after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Table 3

(a) Spearman correlation coefficients between the FIM ratings at discharge and other functional tests


	D/C FIM total	D/C FIM physical score	D/C FIM cognitive score

Five-meter gait m/sec
Spearman's rho	.158	.186	.016
Significant (2 tailed)	.374	.326	.931
	34	34	34

Stair-climb speed up
Spearman's rho	−.459**	−.481**	−.221
Significant (2 tailed)	.006	.004	.208
	34	34	34

Stair-climb down
Spearman's rho	−.416*	−.446**	−.234
Significant (2 tailed)	.014	.008	.183
	34	34	34

Functional reach (mean)
Spearman's rho	.164	.109	.333
Significant (2 tailed)	.355	.539	.055
	34	34	34

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(b) Partial correlation coefficients between the FIM ratings at discharge and other functional tests controlling for age


	D/C FIM total	D/C FIM physical score	D/C FIM cognitive score

Five-meter gait m/sec
Pearson	.100	.182	−.312
Significant (2 tailed)	.594	.326	.088
	29	29	29

Stair-climb speed up
Pearson	−.547**	−.504**	−.382*
Significant (2 tailed)	.001	.004	.034
	29	29	29

Stair-climb down
Pearson	−.496**	−.451**	−.372*
Significant (2 tailed)	.005	.011	.039
	29	29	29

Functional reach (mean)
Pearson	.134	.066	.273
Significant (2 tailed)	.473	.723	.137
	29	29	29

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