An observational report of intensive robotic and manual gait training in sub-acute stroke

Table 3 Number of patients in each Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC) over the treatment period.

FAC	Baseline Week-0	Mid-Point Week-4	End-Point Week-8
0	19	8	3
1	27	15	10
2	13	15	11
3	5	10	11
4	5	17	18
5	0	4	16
FAC	Baseline Week-0	Mid-Point Week-4	End-Point Week-8
≤ 2 (non-ambulatory)	59	38	24
≥ 3 (ambulatory)	10	31	45

At commencement of the study, the majority of patients were in low FAC levels, with nil patients in Category 5. This trend changed across the weeks to ultimately have a more even spread across categories at week 8, including 16 patients in the highest category and only 3 remaining in the lowest category. This trend is highlighted with division of the FAC into non-ambulatory (FAC ≤ 2) and ambulatory (FAC ≥ 3), showing a movement of majority from non-ambulatory (85% of the patients, n = 59) at commencement, to ambulatory by completion of the training program (65.2%, n = 45).

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