ArmAssist Robotic System versus Matched Conventional Therapy for Poststroke Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Demographic data and baseline clinical characteristics.

	AA group	Control group	valu
Age (years)^1	56.5 ± 7.4	58.3 ± 5.2	0.471
Sex^2			0.322
Male	12 (92.3%)	9 (69.2%)
Female	1 (7.7%)	4 (30.8%)
Duration (days)^1	35.3 ± 9.7	37.3 ± 7.7	0.566
Affected side^2			0.810
Left	5 (38.5%)	6 (46.2%)
Right	8 (61.5%)	7 (53.8%)
Type of stroke^2			0.617
Ischemic	12 (92.3%)	11 (84.6%)
Hemorrhagic	1 (7.7%)	2 (15.4%)
NIHSS^1	6.1 ± 1.6	6.2 ± 2.2	0.839

NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. ¹Mean ± standard deviation. ²Frequency (percentage). Statistically significant ().