TABLE 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients (ρ) for OF and clinical assessments.

OFAEMG					OFRMS
n = 60	UCU		UCA		UCU		UCA
	ρ	P−value	ρ	P-value	ρ	P−value	ρ	P-value
DD	0.068	0.605	0.179	0.171	0.094	0.476	0.210	0.108
BR−UEa	0.052	0.691	–0.378	0.003**	0.061	0.642	–0.371	0.003**
BR−Ha	0.111	0.399	–0.407	0.001**	0.137	0.296	–0.403	0.001**
BR−La	-0.117	0.372	–0.318	0.013*	-0.105	0.425	–0.309	0.016*
BI a	-0.197	0.131	–0.235	0.071	-0.189	0.149	–0.225	0.084
BR−UEd	0.056	0.692	–0.407	0.001**	0.047	0.719	–0.416	0.001**
BR−Hd	0.089	0.498	–0.291	0.024*	0.095	0.472	–0.301	0.019*
BR−Ld	-0.033	0.804	–0.239	0.066	-0.032	0.807	–0.242	0.063
BI d	-0.208	0.110	–0.239	0.065	-0.215	0.099	–0.240	0.065
BR−UEc	-0.031	0.815	–0.014	0.915	-0.053	0.685	–0.036	0.784
BR−Hc	-0.097	0.460	0.223	0.087	-0.130	0.321	0.214	0.100
BR−Lc	0.128	0.329	0.263	0.042*	0.101	0.442	0.245	0.060
BI c	0.145	0.268	0.144	0.272	0.115	0.380	0.125	0.340

DD, disease duration; BR-UE, Brunnstrom stage of upper extremity (shoulder and elbow); BR-H, Brunnstrom stage of hand; BR-L, Brunnstrom stage of lower extremity; BI, Barthel index; ^aassessment at admission; ^dassessment at discharge; ^cthe improvement of assessment score. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.