Table 1.

Characteristics of Studies Included in Meta-analyses.

Study	Year	Glioma grade	Male/ Female	Age (year, mean)	Functional index	Admission number	Admission score mean ± SD	Discharge number	Discharge score mean ± SD
Christina	2001	WHO (I-IV)	18/16	51.2	FIM	34	FIM motor = 41.2 ± 13.5	34	FIM motor = 55.7 ± 19.7
							FIM cogn = 21.1 ± 7.4		FIM cogn = 23.7 ± 6.2
Greenberg	2006	WHO (I-IV)	20/20	54.1	FIM	40	FIM total = 68.2 ± 24.2	40	FIM total = 80.7 ± 33.6
							FIM motor = 46.7 ± 30.9		FIM motor = 59.3 ± 36.6
							FIM cogn = 13.0 ± 6.7		FIM cogn = 13.3 ± 8.7
Vivien Tang	2008	WHO IV	8/10	61.4	FIM	18	FIM total = 85.3 ± 20.9	18	FIM total = 92.0 ± 19.3
							FIM motor = 52.7 ± 22.5		FIM motor = 66.3 ± 26.5
							FIM cogn = 31.3 ± 4.8		FIM cogn = 30.6 ± 7.2
Jack B.Fu	2010	WHO (I-II)	10/11	31.0	FIM	16	FIM total = 73.6 ± 17.3	16	FIM total = 86.6 ± 21.1
						20	FIM cogn = 25.1 ± 6.7	20	FIM cogn = 26.7 ± 6.3
		WHO (III-IV)	12/9	31.7	FIM	15	FIM total = 64.9 ± 11.1	15	FIM total = 86.6 ± 14.1
						18	FIM cogn = 20.4 ± 8.6	18	FIM cogn = 25.0 ± 7.0
Bartolo	2011	WHO IV	21/22	62.0	FIM	43	FIM total = 43.3 ± 16.5	43	FIM total = 72.5 ± 24.2
							FIM cogn = 20.9 ± 9.5		FIM cogn = 26.6 ± 7.1
Fary Khan	2014	WHO (I-IV)	22/31	53.1	FIM	53	FIM motor = 68.0 ± 10.7	41	FIM motor = 77.5 ± 14.2
							FIM cogn = 25.5 ± 4.2		FIM cogn = 30.5 ± 4.2
Pamela S	2014	WHO IV	58/37	62.5	FIM	95	FIM total = 54.2 ± 17.1	95	FIM motor = 73.9 ± 20.0
							FIM cogn = 18.9 ± 6.8		FIM cogn = 17.7 ± 7.0
Julia M	2020	WHO IV (iGBM)	17/8	61.6	FIM	25	FIM total = 55.4 ± 14.5	25	FIM total = 74.4 ± 23.4
							FIM motor = 33.7 ± 11.5		FIM motor = 48.6 ± 18.6
							FIM cogn = 19.5 ± 5.7		FIM cogn = 22.6 ± 10.2
		WHO IV (rGBM)	15/10	60.8	FIM	25	FIM total = 54.8 ± 14.5	25	FIM total = 78.5 ± 23.4
							FIM motor = 33.9 ± 11.5		FIM motor = 52.2 ± 18.6
							FIM cogn = 18.6 ± 5.7		FIM cogn = 22.6 ± 10.2