Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Upper Extremity Function and Grip Strength in Patients with Subacute Stroke: A Randomised Single-Blind Controlled Trial

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

Variables	WBV group; ()	ULC group; ()	Between-group; values
Age (years),			0.37^1
Gender
Male	18	17	0.71^2
Female	12	16
Stroke
Intracranial hemorrhage	15	16	0.46^2
Cerebral infarction	15	14
Time since onset of stroke (days),			0.74^1
MMSE-K,			0.31^3
MAS,			0.39^3
Brunnstrom stage,			0.54^3
MFT score,			0.22^3
Grip strength (kg),			0.57^1

SD: standard deviation, WBV: whole-body vibration, ULC: upper and lower cycle, MMSE-K: Mini-Mental Status Examination-Korean version, MAS: modified Ashworth scale, MFT: manual function test, . ¹Independent -test, ² test, and ³Mann–Whitney -test.