Table 2.
Participants’ characteristics for a study looking at the validity of accelerometer and smartphone applications in estimating energy expenditure in stroke patients.
| Characteristics | n = 30 |
|---|---|
| Age (yrs.), mean ± SD (range: min − max) | 62 ± 12 (24–82) |
| Sex (men/women), n | 21/9 |
| Body mass (kg), mean ± SD (range: min − max) | 75.0 ± 12.2 (50–99) |
| Height (cm), mean ± SD (range: min − max) | 164.7 ± 8.6 (142–184) |
| Time since stroke (months), mean ± SD (range: min − max) | 98.5 ± 96.1 (9–412) |
| Side of paresis (left/right), n | 17/13 |
| MMES (scores: 0–30), mean ± SD | 26 ± 3 |
| Gait speed (m/s), mea n ± SD (range: min − max) | |
| -Comfortable speed | 0.8 ± 0.3 (0.3–1.4) |
| -Fastest speed | 1.3 ± 1.0 (0.5–2.3) |
| Fugl-Meyer lower-limb section (score: 0–34), mean ± SD | 19 ± 5 |
| Tonus of the knee extensor muscles (MAS score: 0–4), n | |
| −0 | 18 |
| −1 | 8 |
| −2 | 2 |
| −3 | 1 |
| −4 | 1 |
| Residual weakness (% ± SD) | |
| -Knee extensors | 11.3 ± 4.8 |
| -Ankle plantar flexors | 20.0 ± 3.3 |
| -Ankle dorsiflexors | 19.4 ± 3.9 |
SD = standard deviation, min = minimum, max = maximum, yrs. = years.