Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants
| Characteristic | (N = 56) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± standard deviation (range) | 49.4 ± 11.8 (18–78) | |
| Sex, male/female | 37/19 | |
| Type of disease | Cerebral infarction | 22 |
| Cerebral hemorrhage | 32 | |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 2 | |
| Days after the onset of hemiparesis, median (range) | 548.5 (164–6456) | |
| FMA-UE (A), median (range) | 22 (5–35) | |
| SIAS-KM, median (range) | 3 (2–4) | |
| MAS elbow, median (range) | 1 (0–2) | |
| [10, 19, 24, 3, 0, 0]a | ||
| WMFT_FAS, median (range) | 35 (22–58) | |
FMA-UE(A) Part A of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity, SIAS-KM Knee-Mouth test of the Stroke Impairment Assessment Set MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, WMFT-FAS Functional Ability Scale of the Wolf Motor Function Test. aThe number of participants in each category of the MAS [0, 1, 1+, 2, 3, 4]