The Effectiveness of Functional Electrical Stimulation Based on a Normal Gait Pattern on Subjects with Early Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

	Four-channel	Placebo	Dual-channel
	(𝑛=16)	(𝑛=15)	(𝑛=14)
Age (years)	63.4 ± 10.6	67.0 ± 9.0	64.6 ± 8.3
Gender (male/female)	8/8	8/9	8/6
Brunnstrom (I/II/IV)	1/4/11	1/6/8	1/4/9
Time since onset (days)	41.3 ± 29.4	41.5 ± 20.4	41.6 ± 22.1

Four-channel, placebo, and dual-channel denote groups which received four-channel FES, four-channel FES placebo, and dual-channel FES, respectively. Value: mean ± SD.