The Kickstart Walk Assist System for improving balance and walking function in stroke survivors: a feasibility study

Table 1 Demographics of the study participants

Subject #	Stroke diagnosis	Age (years)	Sex	Side impaired	Disease onset (months)	Assistive device	Exotendon Scale (0-N)
1	Hemorrhagic	53	Male	Right	5	None	0
2	Ischemic	60	Male	Left	11	None	0
3	Hemorrhagic	65	Female	Left	9	Walker	0
4	Ischemic	53	Male	Right	4	None	0
5	Ischemic	57	Male	Left	7	None	0
6	Hemorrhagic	38	Male	Left	28	Crutch	0
7	Ischemic	50	Male	Right	5	None	0
8	Ischemic	62	Male	Right	2	None	0
9	Hemorrhagic	38	Male	Left	6	Walker	0
10	Ischemic	51	Male	Right	12	None	0
11	Hemorrhagic	27	Female	Right	3	Walker	5
12	Ischemic	51	Male	Right	3	Walker	5–7
13	Hemorrhagic	52	Male	Right	3	None	4–6
14	Hemorrhagic	32	Male	Right	19	None	5–6
15	Ischemic	61	Male	Left	10	Crutch	6
16	Ischemic	48	Male	Left	1	None	7
17	Ischemic	55	Male	Left	2	None	6
18	Ischemic	55	Male	Right	3	None	7
19	Ischemic	46	Male	Right	6	None	5
20	Ischemic	63	Male	Left	4	Walker	7
21	Ischemic	60	Male	Right	13	Walker	6
22	Hemorrhagic	76	Female	Left	7	Crutch	5
23	Ischemic	79	Male	Right	6	Walker	7
24	Hemorrhagic	58	Male	Left	15	Crutch	6
25	Ischemic	26	Male	Left	4	None	7
26	Ischemic	42	Male	Left	6	None	5
27	Ischemic	68	Male	Left	4	Crutch	6
28	Ischemic	52	Male	Right	11	Walker	5
29	Ischemic	52	Male	Right	5	None	5
30	Hemorrhagic	47	Male	Right	4	Walker	5
N = 30	Hemorrhagic = 10 Ischemic = 20	52.57 ± 2.28	Male = 27 Female = 3	Right = 16 Left = 14	7.27 ± 1.05	Device = 14 None = 16	Range 4–7

The last row provides the total number of subjects as well as the break-up of hemorrhagic/ischemic, male/female, right/left affected, and the use of assistive/no devices used. In addition, it also provides the mean ± standard deviations for the age, disease duration and also the range of Exotendon stiffness scale

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