Table 1.
Characteristics of the studied patients: motor and total FIM, muscle strength, and spasticity.
| Total (n = 21) | RH (n = 9) | LH (n = 12) | p | |
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| Male/female | 15/6 | 7/2 | 8/4 | 0.65 |
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| Mean age (years) (SD) | 55.3 (±5.9) | 54.2 (±2.8) | 56.4 (±7.4) | 0.41 |
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| Time since lesion (months) | 32.6 (±17.7) | 37.4 (±19.9) | 29 (±15.7) | 0.29 |
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| BMI (Kg/m2) | 30.1 (±5.6) | 29.5 (±6.8) | 30.60 (±5) | 0.69 |
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| Weight (kg) | 73.2 (±10.9) | 75.3 (±11.7) | 71.4 (±11.6) | 0.26 |
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| Height (m) | 1.5 (±9.36) | 1.6 (±9.5) | 1.5 (±8.9) | 0.20 |
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| FIM | Motor | 81 (±5.0) | 73.7 (±8.7) | 0.03 |
| Total | 107 (±16.0) | 107 (±8.7) | 0.32 | |
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| Muscle strength | Biceps brachial | 3.0 (±0.9) | 2.4 (±1.7) | 0.4 |
| Quadriceps | 3.8 (±0.4) | 3.9 (±0.7) | 0.9 | |
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| Spasticity | Biceps brachial | 1.2 (±0.7) | 1.0 (±0.7) | 0.3 |
| Gastrocnemius | 1.1 (±0.7) | 0.8 (±0.7) | 0.16 | |
Note: FIM: functional independence measure; RH: right hemiparetic group; LH: left hemiparetic group; SD: standard deviation.