Effects of upper limb robot-assisted therapy on motor recovery in subacute stroke patients

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics at baseline (n = 53)

Characteristics	Experimental Group	Control Group	Exact Sig. (2-sided)
Characteristics	n (%)		Exact Sig. (2-sided)
Subject	26 (49%)	27 (51%)
Dropouts	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Compliants	26 (100%)	27 (100%)
Gender			1.000^a
Female	11 (42%)	11 (41%)
Male	15 (58%)	16 (59%)
Etiology			.100^a
Hemorrhagic	1 (4%)	6 (22%)
Ischemic	25 (96%)	21 (78%)
Lesion Side			.412^a
Right	10 (38%)	14 (52%)
Left	16 (62%)	13 (48%)
	Mean (SD) - Median [25th-75th percentiles]
Age, years	67.7 (14.2) - 72.0 [65.8-77.0]	67.7 (14.2) - 73.0 [69.0-78.0]	.294^b
CMSA	3.0 (1.2) - 2.0 [2.0-4.0]	3.0 (1.2) - 2.0 [2.0-3.0]	.053^b

^aFisher’s Exact Test.
^bMann–Whitney Exact Test.
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, CMSA Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment.

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