Effect of Electroacupuncture on Shoulder Subluxation in Poststroke Patients with Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Sham-Controlled Study Using Multidimensional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Assessment

Table 1

Participants’ demographic characteristics.

Group	Gender		Age	Course of disease	Stroke type
	Male	Female	Years, mean ± SD	Days, median (25%, 75%)	Hemorrhage	Infarction
EA group	12	5	51.00 ± 12.44	33.00 (23.00, 114.00)	7	10
SEA group	10	5	54.40 ± 8.16	44.00 (25.00, 112.00)	5	10
P value	0.811		0.363^#	0.961^#	0.647

indicates χ² test; # indicates independent t-test. SD indicates standard deviation.