Table 4.

Post-stroke rehabilitation characteristics at baseline visit.

	IRT	NO-IRT	p-value
	n = 45	n = 17
Hospitalization regimen
Inpatient rehabilitation	95.6 (43)	100 (17)	1
Day-hospital rehabilitation	4.4 (2)	0 (0)	1
Time stroke- RHB program in days	14 (9–19)	11 (8–14)	0.09
Time stroke-sample in days	14 (8.25–19)	10 (6–13.5)	0.08
RHB hour/week at baseline	15 (15–16)	7.5 (5–9)	<0.01
Functional scores
Rankin	4 (3–5)	5 (3.2–5)	0.2
Barthel	35 (20–68)	23 (20–36.5)	0.12
NIHSS	9 (5–14)	9 (4–11)	0.38
CAHAI	13 (13–16)	18.5 (13–82)	0.02
FMA	8.5 (4–40.7)	9 (0–59)	0.94
FAC	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2.7)	0.78
MRC proximal upper limbs	2 (0–4)	2.5 (0–3)	0.99
MRC distal upper limbs	1 (0–4)	0.5 (0–3.5)	0.95
MRC proximal lower limbs	2 (1–4)	3 (2–4)	0.98
MRC distal lower limbs	1 (0–4)	1 (0–3)	0.34
MAS proximal upper limbs	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0.3
MAS distal upper limbs	0 (0–0.5)	0.5 (0–3.5)	0.73
MAS proximal lower limbs	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0.82
MAS distal lower limbs	0 (0–0.5)	0 (0–1)	0.36
Angiogenin
Baseline levels (ng/mL)	502.7 ± 133.8	570.9 ± 145.8	0.09

Variables are expressed as a percentage (number of cases), mean ± SD, or median (IQR). mRS, modified Rankin scale; BI, Granger modified Barthel Index; FMA, Fugl-Meyer Assessment; FAC, the Functional Ambulation Categories; CAHAI, Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory; MAS, Modified Ashworth Scale. Differences were assessed with a t-test, Mann-Whitney-U, chi-square test, or Fisher exact test.

Statistically significant differences are highlighted in bold.