Does Motor Training of the Nonparetic Side Influences Balance and Function in Chronic Stroke? A Pilot RCT

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and motor status of the participants.

Characteristics	Experimental group ()	Control group; ()	Test statistics
Age in yrs. (Mean ± SD)	44.50 ± 13.59	40.16 ± 14.96	:
Gender (male/female)	11/(58%)/8 (42%)	10 (50%)/10 (50%)	:
Duration of onset (months)	12.72 ± 8.26	13.32 ± 6.68	:
Side of involvement (right/left)	9 (45%)/11 (55%)	11 (58%)/8 (42%)	:
Type of stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic)	13 (68%)/6 (32%)	9 (45%)/11 (55%)	:
Area of involvement (frontoparietal/basal ganglia/thalamic/multiple areas/others)	4 (20%)/2 (10%)/2 (10%)/10 (50%)/2 (10%)	6 (31.5%)/4 (21%)/2 (10.5%)/6 (31.5%)/1 (5%)	—
Fugl-Meyer Assessment (upper extremity); (Mean ± SD) Max. score 66	35.65 ± 14.88	29.05 ± 14.85	:
Fugl-Meyer Assessment (lower extremity); (Mean ± SD) Max. score 34	21.15 ± 2.99	19.63 ± 3.86	:
Use of assistive device/orthosis
Walking stick	5 (26%)	3 (15%)	:
Ankle foot orthosis	9 (45%)	7 (63%)	:
Shoulder sling	2 (10%)	2 (10.5%)	:

SD: standard deviation.