Table 1.
Clinical characteristics in control and SAVE groups at baseline (T0).
| Baseline Variables | Control (N = 96) |
SAVE (N = 88) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.949 | ||
| Male, N (%) | 53 (55%) | 49 (56%) | |
| Female, N (%) | 43 (45%) | 39 (44%) | |
| Age | 61.9 ± 17.3 | 60.8 ± 14.8 | 0.644 |
| Duration from onset (Days) | 44.95 ± 10.84 | 46.40 ± 11.10 | 0.540 |
| BBS | 26.64 ± 20.79 | 28.05 ± 18.31 | 0.498 |
| MBI | 49.87 ± 29.43 | 50.46 ± 24.15 | 0.835 |
| BDI | 14.45 ± 11.60 | 12.08 ± 10.30 | 0.082 |
| MMSE | 22.88 ± 7.84 | 23.86 ± 6.15 | 0.193 |
| SF-36 | |||
| MCS | 29.83 ± 10.41 | 30.02 ± 11.06 | 0.376 |
| PCS | 35.56 ± 11.84 | 34.28 ± 9.48 | 0.890 |
N, the number of patients; mean ± SD, mean ± standard deviation. BBS, Berg Balance Scale; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; MBI, Modified Barthel Index; MMSE, Mini-mental State Examination; MCS, Mental Component Summary of the Short Form (SF)-36 health survey; PCS, Physical Component Summary of SF-36 health survey.