[Retracted] Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Function Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia

Table 1

Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients in each group.

Characteristics	Control group ()	NMES group ()	rTMS group ()	NMES+rTMS group ()
Age (year)					0.485	0.693
Gender (%)					1.735	0.629
Male	34 (56.7)	28 (46.7)	33 (55)	29 (48.3)
Female	26 (43.3)	32 (53.3)	27 (45)	31 (51.7)
BMI (kg/m^2)					0.129	0.943
Disease course (month)					1.224	0.302
Dominant hand (%)					2.459	0.483
Left	6 (10)	3 (5)	2 (3.3)	4 (6.7)
Right	54 (90)	57 (95)	58 (96.7)	56 (93.3)
Stroke type (%)					3.055	0.383
ICH	14 (23.3)	20 (33.3)	12 (20)	15 (25)
IS	46 (76.7)	40 (66.7)	48 (80)	45 (75)
Hemiplegic direction (%)					1.765	0.623
Left	34 (56.7)	35 (58.3)	37 (61.7)	30 (50)
Right	26 (43.3)	25 (41.7)	23 (38.3)	30 (50)
Brunstrom stage (%)					2.705	0.997
II stage	23 (38.3)	21 (35)	21 (35)	20 (33.3)
III stage	15 (25)	16 (26.7)	18 (30)	21 (35)
IV stage	10 (16.7)	10 (16.7)	8 (13.3)	8 (13.3)
V stage	8 (13.3)	9 (15)	8 (13.3)	6 (10.0)
VI stage	4 (6.7)	4 (6.7)	5 (8.3)	5 (8.3)