Effectiveness of Contralaterally Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation versus Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Functional Recovery in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics.

Characteristic	CCFES ()	NMES ()	value
Age (years)			0.521
Gender			0.544
Male	18 (72%)	16 (64%)
Female	7 (18%)	9 (36%)
Course of disease (days since stroke)			0.662
Type of stroke			0.382
Ischemic	17 (68%)	14 (56%)
Hemorrhagic	8 (32%)	11 (44%)
Hemisphere affected			0.571
Left	11 (44%)	13 (52%)
Right	14 (56%)	12 (48%)
Brunnstrom recovery stage
I-III (hand)	18 (72%)	23 (92%)
IV (hand)	7 (28%)	2 (8%)	0.066
I-III (upper limb)	20 (80%)	23 (92%)
IV (upper limb)	5 (20%)	2 (8%)	0.22
ARAT			0.108
FMA of upper limb			0.091
Barthel Index			0.376
RMS of paretic extensor carpi radialis			0.648
CCR of paretic flexor carpi radialis			0.673

Data are presented with or numbers (%).