Development and Process Evaluation of a 5-Week Exercise Program to Prevent Falls in People after Stroke: The FALLS Program

Table 2

Characteristics of the twelve participants. The means and standard deviations are given, as well as the frequencies and percentages (between brackets). Maximum scores are 100 for motricity index, 100% for Fugl Meyer lower extremity, 56 for berg balance score and 23 for trunk impairment scale.

Participant characteristics	Mean ± SD
Age	60.5 ± 3.1
Months after stroke	16.2 ± 1.9
Gender (%)
Male	7 (58)
Female	5 (42)
Type of stroke (%)
Haemorrhage	4 (33)
Infarction	8 (67)
Side of lesion (%)
Right	5 (42)
Left	7 (58)
Motricity index leg	77.2 ± 16.1
Fugl Meyer lower extremity scores	74.3 ± 18.1
Berg balance score	50.5 ± 5.0
Trunk impairment score	17.8 ± 3.4