Research Article

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
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Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Age0.096
Gender, n (%) 0.536
 Male36 (75)14157
 Female12 (25)354
Type of stroke, n (%)0.753
 Hemorrhage17 (35.4)773
 Ischemic31 (64.6)10138
Time after stroke (days)0.713
Hemiplegic side, n (%)0.207
 Right24 (50.0)7134
 Left24 (50.0)1077
Main lesion site, n (%)
 Basal ganglia16 (33.3)4930.343
 Lacunar10 (20.8)4420.937
 Parietal lobe6 (12.5)5010.024
 Corona radiata5 (10.4)2300.414
 Thalamus 4 (8.3)0040.001
 Pons2 (4.2)1100.727
 Others5 (10.4)1310.655
Baseline measures
FTHUE0.000
MMSE0.068
FIM
 Motor0.474
 Cognitive0.091
 Total0.586
MAS0.547

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; .