Effect of Early Radial Shock Wave Treatment on Spasticity in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Patients’ demographic and clinical results at baseline (T0).

	EG ()	CG ()	Between-group differences
Age (years) ^a			, , ^#
Sex (male/female) ^b	9/6 (60/40)	10/7 (59/41)	, , ^†
Stroke type (ischemic/hemorrhagic) ^b	13/2 (87/13)	12/5 (71/29)	, , ^†
Hemisphere stroke (right/left) ^a	9/6 (60/40)	7/10 (41/59)	, , ^†
Time from stroke to admission in our inpatients facilities ^a			, , ^#
Time from stroke and onset of spasticity (days) ^a			, , ^#
MAS-s ^a			, , ^#
MAS-e ^a			, , ^#
MAS-w ^a			, , ^#

EG: experimental group; CG: control group; MAS: modified Ashworth scale; MAS-s: MAS of the shoulder; MAS-e: MAS of the elbow; MAS-w: MAS of the wrist. ^aValues are expressed as . ^bValues are counts (%). ^#Mann-Whitney -test. ^†Pearson’s χ². See text for more details.