Table 2.
Characteristics of the patients at T0 in all participants, and according to normal or decreased p-ROM. p-values refer to t-test for continuous variables and to Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.
| All | Normal p-ROM |
Decreased p-ROM | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELBOW | n = 48 | n = 30 | n = 18 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 66.44 (10.92) | 63.57 (10.08) | 71.22 (10.83) | 0.017 |
| Male Sex, n (%) | 32 (67%) | 22 (73%) | 10 (56%) | 0.206 |
| Ischemic lesion, n (%) | 35 (73%) | 23 (77%) | 12 (67%) | 0.450 |
| Years since stroke, mean (SD) | 7.41 (4.60) | 6.68 (4.23) | 8.63 (5.04) | 0.158 |
| Number of previous injections, mean (SD) | 7.13 (5.76) | 7.27 (5.94) | 6.89 (5.61) | 0.829 |
| Under treatment for spasticity | 14 (29%) | 10 (33%) | 4 (22%) | 0.521 |
| Under treatment for depression | 14 (29%) | 10 (33%) | 4 (22%) | 0.521 |
| MAS at T0 | 2.17 (0.87) | 1.70 (0.50) | 2.94 (0.80) | <0.001 |
| Loss of p-ROM at T0 | --- | --- | 28.89 (20.90) | --- |
| Posture at T0 | 2.44 (0.54) | 2.30 (0.53) | 2.67 (0.49) | 0.0216 |
| Pain at T0 | 2.26 (2.72) | 0.57 (1.36) | 5.08 (1.96) | <0.001 |
| FINGERS | n = 64 | n = 50 | n = 14 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 65.36 (11.16) | 65.14 (10.56) | 66.14 (13.52) | 0.769 |
| Male Sex, n (%) | 40 (63%) | 33 (66%) | 7 (50%) | 0.274 |
| Ischemic lesion, n (%) | 43 (67%) | 32 (64%) | 11 (79%) | 0.305 |
| Years since stroke, mean (SD) | 6.75 (4.46) | 6.69 (4.42) | 6.98 (4.75) | 0.832 |
| Number of previous injections, mean (SD) | 5.97 (5.76) | 5.90 (5.61) | 6.21 (6.48) | 0.858 |
| Under treatment for spasticity | 16 (25%) | 12 (24%) | 4 (29%) | 0.736 |
| Under treatment for depression | 21 (33%) | 14 (28%) | 7 (50%) | 0.196 |
| MAS at T0 | 2.77 (0.66) | 2.54 (0.50) | 3.57 (0.51) | <0.001 |
| Loss of p-ROM at T0 | --- | --- | 3.57 (0.85) | --- |
| Posture at T0 | 2.30 (0.52) | 2.18 (0.48) | 2.71 (0.47) | 0.001 |
| Pain at T0 | 2.61 (3.61) | 0.98 (1.89) | 8.43 (1.74) | <0.001 |