Table 3.

The effect of vitamin D therapy on ambulation and lower extremity motor function in patients undergoing rehabilitation for the first time.

	Vitamin D
	Control (n = 23)	Vitamin D (n = 28)	p–value
FAC
Prerehab	2 (0–5)	2 (0–4)	0.842
Postrehab	3 (0–5)	3 (0–5)	0.366
Change	0 (0–3)	1 (0–4)	0.035
BRS
Prerehab	3 (1–6)	4 (1–6)	0.855
Postrehab	4 (1–6)	5 (1–6)	0.213
Change	0 (0–2)	1 (0–5)	0.024
Vitamin D* levels (ng/mL)	18 (8–41)	15 (8–36)	0.543

Values are presented as median (min–max). FAC: functional ambulation classification, BRS: Brunnstrom recovery stage.