Research Article

Correlation between the Quality of Attention and Cognitive Competence with Motor Action in Stroke Patients

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of estimated parameters and results of comparisons between groups.

ParameterStroke patients (Group 1)Control group (Group 2) value
Mean ± SD or (%)Mean ± SD or (%)

Age69.9 ± 7.7167.18 ± 9.270.175
Gender0.548
 Male26 (52%)23 (46%)
 Female24 (48%)27 (53%)
Education (in year)0.126
46 (12%)10 (20%)
 4–821 (42%)18 (36%)
 8–1220 (40%)13 (26%)
123 (6%)9 (18%)
Marital status<0.001
 Married33 (66%)13 (26%)
 Widower3 (6%)11 (22%)
 Divorced14 (28%)18 (36%)
 Single0 (0%)8 (16%)
MMSE22.72 ± 3.3326.56 ± 2.62<0.001
TMT A113.32 ± 51.581.82 ± 32.1<0.001
TMT B262.32 ± 74.5201.98 ± 84.7<0.001
STEP balance <0.001
 Yes29 (58%)49 (98%)
 Partly4 (8%)1 (2%)
 No17 (34%)0 (0%)
FAC2.62 ± 1.54.76 ± 0.43<0.001
Frequency of gait58.12 ± 12.1518.62 ± 2.74<0.001
Speed of gait75.46 ± 23.121.58 ± 5.63<0.001
Stride length23.28 ± 5.452.28 ± 8.28<0.001
STEP number of trials2.14 ± 0.95.4 ± 1.3<0.001
STEP number of successful executions0.92 ± 0.964.84 ± 1.5<0.001