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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in training group (TG) and control group (CG)

From: Muscle, functional and cognitive adaptations after flywheel resistance training in stroke patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial

 

TG (n = 14)

CG (n = 15)

Student’s t-test/Chi2

Age (yr)

61.2 (9.8)

65.7 (12.7)

1.06 (P = 0.29)

Height (cm)

165.6 (9.7)

169.3 (9.7)

1.03 (P = 0.31)

Weight (kg)

80.4 (15.3)

83.4 (16.0)

0.51 (P = 0.61)

Time since stroke (yr)

3.5 (3.6)

4.3 (4.9)

0.96 (P = 0.35)

Time under scholarization (yr)

8.9 (3.5)

8.3 (3.6)

0.45 (P = 0.66)

Mini-Mental State Examination (a.u)

28.1 (1.8)

27.7 (2.3)

0.53 (P = 0.60)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Depression)

6.5 (3.7)

5.5 (3.7)

<0.01 (P = 0.48)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Anxiety)

6.5 (5.1)

7.2 (4.4)

0.69 (P = 0.72)

Sex (female/male)

3/11

4/11

0.11 (P = 0.74)

Mechanism of stroke (hemorrhagic/ischemic)

5/9

4/11

0.28 (P = 0.59)

Localization (cortical/subcortical)

7/7

5/10

0.83 (P = 0.36)

Hemispheric lateralization (right/left)

5/9

10/5

4.69 (P = 0.09)

Marital status (single/married/divorced)

2/9/2

0/14/1

4.40 (P = 0.22)

Dominant side (right/left)

14/0

14/1

0.97 (P = 0.33)

  1. Note: To compare baseline values between training group and control group, Student’s t-test was used for quantitative variables and Chi-squared test for qualitative variables