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
R2 = 0.641, adjusted R2 = 0.626
R2 = 0.475, adjusted R2 = 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.