The Impact of Whole Body Vibration Therapy on Spasticity and Disability of the Patients with Poststroke Hemiplegia

Table 1

Baseline evaluation and demographic characteristics of the patients in comparison.

	WBV ()	Control ()
Age			0.689
Sex	10 M, 0 F	9 M, 2 F	0.476
Duration of illness (years)	1.5 (1–4)	2 (0.5–5)	0.468
Dominant extremity	8 right, 2 left	10 right, 1 left	0.586
Affected body side	6 right, 4 left	8 right, 3 left	0.659
Ankle spasticity by MAS	3 (2-3)	2 (1–3)	0.020
FIM	106 (103–110)	109 (101–120)	0.863
10 mWT (seconds)	26.9 (18–52.11)	15.23 (11.73–18.05)	0.001

Values are mean ± standard deviation for categorical variables and median (minimum-maximum) for uncategorical variables; WBV: whole body vibration; MAS: Modified Ashworth Scale; FIM: Functional Independence Measurement; 10 mWT: Timed 10-Meter Walk Test; ; .