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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Features of the Participants for the two Groups

From: Sequencing bilateral robot-assisted arm therapy and constraint-induced therapy improves reach to press and trunk kinematics in patients with stroke

Variables

RT + mCIT

RT

P Value

 

(n = 17)

(n = 17)

 

Age (years)

55.1 ± 9.4

52.6 ± 13.6

.53

Time after stroke (months)

20.2 ± 13.6

24.8 ± 14.4

.35

Gender

  

.45

 Male

11 (64.7)

13 (76.5)

 

 Female

6 (35.3)

4 (23.5)

 

Side of lesion

  

.72

 Right

6 (35.3)

7 (41.2)

 

 Left

11 (64.7)

10 (58.8)

 

Stroke subtype

  

.08

 Ischemic

8 (47.1)

13 (76.5)

 

 Hemorrhagic

9 (52.9)

4 (23.5)

 

Stroke site

  

.31

 Cortical

10 (58.8)

10 (58.8)

 

 Subcortical

5 (29.4)

7 (41.2)

 

 Pons

2 (11.8)

0 (0)

 

Initial FMA score

31.6 ± 7.5

35.9 ± 9.5

.15

  1. NOTE. Values are mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. Abbreviations FMA Fugl-Meyer Assessment, mCIT a modified form of constraint-induced therapy, RT robot-assisted therapy, SD standard deviation