Clinical Study
The Effects of POWER Training in Young and Older Adults after Stroke
Table 1
Participant demographics and outcome measures (mean ± standard deviation).
| | | Young () | Old () | | | Pre | Post | Pre | Post |
| | Demographics | | | | | | Age (years) | 28.2 ± 5.2 | — | 65.8 ± 4.2 | — | | Time since stroke (mos) | 59.7 ± 46.7 | — | 27.4 ± 29.0 | — | | FMA-LE (0–34) | 18.8 ± 4.0 | 20.7 ± 5.8 | 22.3 ± 7.1 | 23.1 ± 8.4 | | BBS (0–56) | 44.0 ± 10.2 | 46.5 ± 10.1 | 43.7 ± 10.9 | 42.6 ± 11.1 | | DGI (0–24) | 15.2 ± 4.9 | 16.3 ± 4.0 | 15.6 ± 5.2 | 14.3 ± 6.1 |
| | Outcome measures | | | | | | SSWS (m/s) | 0.55 ± 0.32 | 0.86 ± 0.42 | 0.67 ± 0.42 | 0.77 ± 0.45 | | 6MWT (m) | 310 ± 157 | 374 ± 123 | 265 ± 143 | 267 ± 152 | | PKP (W/kg) | 77.7 ± 64.9 | 88.9 ± 65.3 | 57.4 ± 31.1 | 72.3 ± 38.3 | | NPKP (W/kg) | 174.9 ± 63.5 | 221.3 ± 78.4 | 131.5 ± 29.4 | 200.7 ± 58.0 |
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Significant within-group difference compared with pretraining.
FMA-LE: Fugl-Meyer assessment-lower extremity motor score, BBS: Berg Balance Scale, DGI: Dynamic Gait Index, SSWS: self-selected walking speed, 6MWT: 6-minute walk test, PKP: paretic knee power, and NPKP: nonparetic knee power.
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