Table 2.

Regaining walking ability, changes in Functional Ambulation Categories

				Central diagnoses						Peripheral diagnoses
	Total sample (n = 780)			STI (n = 329)			STH (n = 131)			CIPM (n = 74)
	FC	IQR	p value	FC	IQR	p value	FC	IQR	p value	FC	IQR	p value
FAC at t0
0	1.0*	2.0	< 0.001	0.3	1.6	< 0.001	0.4	1.9	< 0.001	1.8*	3.1	< 0.001
1	1.4*	2.4	< 0.001	1.3*	2.2	0.004	1.5*	3.4		2.2*	2.2	0.021
2	1.0*	1.0	< 0.001	1.0*	1.0	0.002	1.5*	1.1	0.006	2.4*	1.8	0.013
3	1.0*	1.7	< 0.001	1.0*	1.3	0.001	1.5*	0.8	0.013	1.3*	0.9	0.002
4	0.4	1.0	< 0.001	0.0	1.0	< 0.001	1.1*	0.8	0.019	0.9	0.0	1.000
5									0.037

FAC Functional Ambulation Categories,

FC FAC change- Median Gain in walking ability between t0(start of rehabilitation) and t1(end of inpatient rehabilitation),

IQR interquartile range from FC,

p value- derived from paired Wilcoxon test- *p < 0.05 and clinically relevant (minimal improvement by one FAC point),

STI ischemic stroke,

STH hemorrhagic stroke,

CIPM Critical Illness Polyneuropathy or -Myopathy