Research Article

Do Improvements in Balance Relate to Improvements in Long-Distance Walking Function after Stroke?

Table 2

Pretraining and change-score values.

Measures of central tendency and precisionT or Z statistic value
PretrainingChange

6MWT (distance)
Mean (SD)301 (134)77 (63)−6.779.000
95% CI252–35154–100

BERG (score)
Mean (SD)47.29 (8.92)1.83 (4.36)−2.348.013
95% CI43–52 0.24–3.44

FGA (score)
Mean (SD)13.06 (4.75)2.20 (3.65)−3.350.001
95% CI11.32–14.810.86–3.53

ABC (score)
Median (IQR)76 (22)a4 (15)a−2.205b.014
95% CI65–79−0.93–10.39

6MWT: six-minute walk test; BERG: Berg Balance Scale; FGA: functional gait assessment; ABC: Activities Specific Balance Confidence Scale.
If data were not normally distributed, median (IQR)a and Z scoreb are presented.