Table 1.
Clinical Characteristics of Participants (n = 70).
| Mean (SD) or Percentage | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 63.6 (8.2) |
| Sex (male/female, percentage male) | 77.1% |
| Months since stroke | 56.2 (46.7) |
| Stroke type (ischemic/hemorrhagic, percentage ischemic) | 85.3% |
| Affected hemisphere (left/right, percentage left) | 42.9% |
| MMSE | 28.5 (1.5) |
| FMA-LE | 25.0 (4.2) |
| MI-LE | 79.9 (15.1) |
| QVT-lateral malleolus | 4.7 (2.1) |
| QVT-hallux | 4.2 (2.4) |
| FAC (4/5, percentage FAC 5) | 95.7% |
| Comfortable walking speed (m/s) | 1.0 (0.3) |
| Timed Up and Go test (s) | 12.2 (7.8) |
| Berg Balance Scalea | 51.8 (5.6) |
Abbreviations: FAC, Functional Ambulation Categories; FMA-LE, Fugl-Meyer Assessment—lower extremity, affected side (range: 0-28); MI-LE, Motricity Index—lower extremity, affected side (range: 0-100); MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination (range: 0-30); QVT-hallux, Quantitative Vibration Threshold—hallux, affected side (range: 0-8); QVT-lateral malleolus, QVT-lateral malleolus, affected side (range: 0-8).
a
Berg Balance Scale, range: 0-56.