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Table 3 Regaining walking ability, changes in Functional Ambulation Categories adjusted by the number of gait training sessions

From: Implementation of a gait center training to improve walking ability and vital parameters in inpatient neurological rehabilitation- a cohort study

  

Central diagnoses

Peripheral diagnoses

Total sample (n = 780)

STI (n = 329)

STH (n = 131)

CIPM (n = 74)

FCadj

95%CI

p value

FCadj

95%CI

p value

FCadj

95%CI

p value

FCadj

95%CI

p value

FAC at t0

 0

1.8*

1.7; 2.0

< 0.001

2.1*

1.9; 2.3

< 0.001

1.9*

1.8; 2.1

< 0.001

1.7*

1.5; 1.8

< 0.001

 1

1.5*

1.2; 1.9

< 0.001

1.6*

1.2; 2.1

< 0.001

1.6*

1.2; 2.0

< 0.001

1.4*

1.0; 1.7

< 0.001

 2

1.2*

0.9; 1.5

< 0.001

1.4*

0.9; 1.8

< 0.001

1.2*

0.8; 1.5

< 0.001

1.0*

0.7; 1.3

< 0.001

 3

0.9

0.6; 1.2

< 0.001

0.8

0.5; 1.2

< 0.001

0.9

0.6; 1.2

< 0.001

0.8

0.5; 1.1

< 0.001

 4

0.5

0.2; 0.8

< 0.001

0.5

0.1; 0.9

0.048

0.5

0.2; 0.8

0.013

0.5

0.2; 0.8

0.006

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  1. FAC- Functional Ambulation Categories,
  2. FCadj FAC change adjusted by the number of gait training sessions received – adjusted mean gain in walking ability between t0(start of rehabilitation) and t1(end of inpatient rehabilitation) revealed by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) using number of gait training sessions as co-variate and computation of least squares mean estimates for the classes FAC at t0,
  3. 95%CI – 95% Confidence interval for the adjusted mean FC (95%CIs for the least squares mean estimates for the classes FAC at t0),
  4. p value- derived from ANCOVA least squares estimates for FAC at t0, *p < 0.05 and clinically relevant (minimal improvement by one FAC point),
  5. STI ischemic stroke,
  6. STH hemorrhagic stroke,
  7. CIPM Critical Illness Polyneuropathy or -Myopathy