Effects of Arm Weight Support Training to Promote Recovery of Upper Limb Function for Subacute Patients after Stroke with Different Levels of Arm Impairments
Table 1
Participant demographics.
All ()
Group 1 ()
Group 2 ()
Group 3 ()
Age
0.096
Gender, n (%)
0.536
Male
36 (75)
14
15
7
Female
12 (25)
3
5
4
Type of stroke, n (%)
0.753
Hemorrhage
17 (35.4)
7
7
3
Ischemic
31 (64.6)
10
13
8
Time after stroke (days)
0.713
Hemiplegic side, n (%)
0.207
Right
24 (50.0)
7
13
4
Left
24 (50.0)
10
7
7
Main lesion site, n (%)
Basal ganglia
16 (33.3)
4
9
3
0.343
Lacunar
10 (20.8)
4
4
2
0.937
Parietal lobe
6 (12.5)
5
0
1
0.024
Corona radiata
5 (10.4)
2
3
0
0.414
Thalamus
4 (8.3)
0
0
4
0.001
Pons
2 (4.2)
1
1
0
0.727
Others
5 (10.4)
1
3
1
0.655
Baseline measures
FTHUE
0.000
MMSE
0.068
FIM
Motor
0.474
Cognitive
0.091
Total
0.586
MAS
0.547
Note: FTHUE Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity; MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination. FIM Functional Independence Measure; MAS Modified Ashworth Scale; Pearson chi-square for n (%). -test for mean SD; .