The Sonoelastography and Functional Outcome of Upper Extremity after Kinesiotaping on the Spastic Forearm in Patients with Subacute Stroke

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with stroke with hemiplegia.

	Group A ()	Group B ()
Age, years (median (IQR))	60 (12)	51 (16.5)	0.004
Sex, male/female,	14, 17	22, 6	0.006
Hemiplegic side,
Left	16 (51.6)	10 (35.71)	0.176
Right	15 (48.4)	18 (64.29)
Duration since stroke, days (median (IQR))	125 (63)	163.5 (91.25)	0.042
Brunnstrom stage (median (IQR))
Wrist	3 (2.5)	2.75 (1)	0.284
Distal	3.5 (3)	3 (0.88)	0.207
FMA-UE (median (IQR))	19 (27)	14 (11.5)	0.085

Chi-squared test was used for sex and hemiplegic side. Mann–Whitney test was used for between-group comparisons of age, duration since the stroke, Brunnstrom stage in the wrist and distal part, MTS degree and level, and FMA-UE. IQR: interquartile range; FMA-UE total: total score of part A, part B, and part C in Fugl-Meyer Assessment for upper extremity. .