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. 2018 Aug 15;64(4):344–352. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2018.2672

Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

  CombTG (n=15) CTG (n=15) BWSTTG (n=15)  
  n Mean±SD Median Min-Max n Mean±SD Median Min-Max n Mean±SD Median Min-Max p
Age (year)   52.8±13.8       52.6±14.7       53.7±11.6     0.903§
Gender                         1.000*
Female 5       4       4        
Male 10       11       11        
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)   26.5±3.6       26.5±4.1       27.1±4.9     0.887§
Smoking                         0.382†
Yes 5       6       8        
No 10       9       7        
Dominant side                         0.302*
Right 12       14       15        
Left 3       1       0        
Affected side                         0.923†
Right 6       5       8        
Left 9       10       7        
Type of lesion                         1.000†
Hemorrhagic 8       7       7        
Ischemic 7       8       8        
Time after stroke     12,5 3-36     11,0 4-28     12,0 7-18 0.975‡
Month                          
Other illnesses                          
No 5       6       4        
Hypertension 5       4       4        
Diabetes 1       1       3        
Cardiac problems -       1       1        
Other 4       3       3        
Assistive devices                         0.907*
Yes 12       11       13        
No 3       4       2        
Functional Ambulation Scale   4.0±0.7       3.6±0.6       3.9±0.6     0.358§
Frequency of falls                         0.993*
Yes 8       9       9        
No 7       6       6        
Berg Balance Scale   33.6±6.6       33.1±3.4       34.6±3.6     0.683§
Single Leg Stance Test-affected side-a (sec)     0,0 0.0-5.4     0,0 0.0-5.4     0,0 0.0-5.2 0.947‡
Single Leg Stance Test-non-affected side-n (sec)   15,5 3.2-30.3     11,9 7.3-27.3     11,6 7.9-29.7 0.905‡
Timed Get Up and Go Test (sec)     27,7 17.5-71.1     39,5 18.5-51.1     36,9 14.7-44.5 0.698‡
Falls efficiency scale-international   47.8±4.7       48.0±3.6       47.5±6.1     0.963§
Rivermead Mobility Index   10.1±1.4       10.5±1.4       10.9±0.9     0.279§
Comfortable 10 meter Walk Test (sec)     14,7 6.1-48.6     20,0 6.8-33.1     19,2 12.5-35.4 0.983‡
Stair Climbing Test (sec)     59,0 36.6-164.1     74,1 40.8-127.7     79,8 26.7-125.5 0.494‡
CombTG: Combined training group; CTG: Conventional training group; BWSTTG: Body weight-supported treadmill training group; SD: Standard deviation; sec: Second; * Fisher’s exact test; † Chi-square with the Yates’ correction; § One-way ANOVA; ‡ Kruskal-Wallis test.