Does Measurement of Corticospinal Tract Involvement Add Value to Clinical Behavioral Biomarkers in Predicting Motor Recovery after Stroke?

Table 2

Correlation and multiple regression analyses between FMA-UE and other variables.

Correlation	Total (n = 53)				Initial FMA-UE <35 (n = 39)
	Correlation coefficient			P value	Correlation coefficient			P value
Age	−0.015			0.917	−0.076			0.646
Sex	−0.044			0.753	0.130			0.430
Lesion location	0.073			0.603	0.089			0.591
CST injury	−0.346			0.011	−0.456			0.004
Lesion volume	−0.098			0.487	−0.045			0.787
Initial FMA-UE	0.789			<0.001	0.611			<0.001
Multiple regression	β	P value	Partial^†	Part^‡	β	P value	Partial^†	Part^‡
Initial FMA-UE	0.750	<0.001	0.769	0.722	0.532	<0.001	0.580	0.517
CST injury	−0.141	0.117	−0.220	−0.135	−0.328	0.012	−0.402	−0.318
	R^2 = 0.641, adjusted R^2 = 0.626				R^2 = 0.475, adjusted R^2 = 0.445

FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer assessment of the hemiplegic upper extremity; CST: corticospinal tract. P <0.05. ^†Partial correlations (shared contributions) of the variables. ^‡Semipartial correlations (unique contributions) of the variables.