Factors determining the functional abilities of patients after stroke

Figures & Tables

	RMA sum	Barthel Index	Tinetti Test	Up&Go Test
SexFemale – 14Male – 26	ns	ns	ns	ns
EducationPrimaryVocationalSecondaryHigher	ns	P = 0.0211.27 ± 3.778.9 ± 6.1214.87 ± 4.016.6 ± 2.12	ns	ns
Orthopedic aidsNo – 27Yes – 13	ns	P = 0.00314.04 ± 4.288.67 ± 4.98	P < 0.00123.30 ± 3.5914.0 ± 5.94	P < 0.0019.51 ± 3.6317.76 ± 8.54
Reporting problems with sitting and standing upNo – 26Yes – 14	P = 0.0324.45 ± 7.0017.67 ± 9.08	ns	P = 0.0222.35 ± 4.0516.43 ± 7.79	P = 0.04910.23 ± 4.0715.83 ± 9.27
HypertensionNo – 12Yes – 28	ns	ns	P < 0.0522.92 ± 4.5419.14 ± 6.59	ns
DiabetesNo – 25Yes – 15	ns	ns	ns	ns
Myocardial infarctionNo – 35Yes – 5	ns	P = 0.0411.74 ± 5.1016.6 ± 3.21	ns	ns
Coronary artery diseaseNo – 35Yes – 5	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cilcuratory failureNo – 35Yes – 5	ns	ns	ns	ns
Degenerative diseaseNo – 32Yes – 8	ns	ns	ns	ns
Gastrointestinal diseaseNo – 31Yes – 9	ns	ns	P < 0.0521.06 ± 6.4217.56 ± 4.92	ns

	RMA sum	Barthel Index	Tinetti Test	Test Up&go
Age	ns	ns	ns	rho = 0.31p = 0.05
Growth	ns	ns	ns	ns
Body weight	ns	ns	ns	ns
BMI	ns	ns	ns	ns
Number of years of education	ns	ns	ns	ns
Time from stroke (weeks)	ns	ns	ns	ns
Number of stroke	ns	ns	ns	ns
Extensors strenght – non affected side	ns	ns	ns	ns
Extensors strenght – affected side	ns	ns	ns	rho = –0.34p = 0.05
Flexors strenght – non affected side	ns	ns	rho = 0.32p = 0.05	rho = –0.44p < 0.01
Flexors strenght – affected side (N)	rho = 0.37p = 0.04	ns	rho = 0.44p < 0.01	rho = –0.56p < 0.001
Standing time on a non-affected leg	rho = 0.38p = 0.03	rho = 0.41p = 0.01	rho = 0.64p < 0.001	rho = –0.47p = 0.003
Standing time on a affected leg	ns	rho = 0.31p = 0.01	rho = 0.81p < 0.001	rho = –0.76p < 0.001
Numeric Pain Scale	ns	ns	ns	ns
GDS Scale	ns	ns	ns	ns
MNA Scale	rho = 0.36p = 0.04	ns	ns	ns
Pmax	rho = 0.35p = 0.04	ns	rho = 0.49p < 0.01	rho = –0.63p < 0.001
Vopt	ns	ns	rho = 0.43p < 0.01	rho = –0.55p < 0.001

	Average ± standard deviation	Minimum value – maximum value
Age	67.28 ± 8.06	53–85
Body weight (kg)	77.60 ± 13.13	50–117
Growth (cm)	168.83 ± 8.13	156–184
BMI	27.22 ± 4.29	20.03–40.9
Number of years of education	10.83 ± 2.24	8–16
Number of strokes	1.35 ± 0.89	1–6
Number of weeks after stroke	6.11 ± 4.17	1.5–20
Number of comorbidities	2.05 ± 1.34	0–5
GDS Scale	4.48 ± 2.31	1–11
MNA Scale	24.26 ± 2.47	18–28
Numeric Pain Scale	5.07 ± 2.81	1–10
Tinetti Test – gait rating	8.95 ± 3.09	2–12
Tinetti Test – balance rating	11.33 ± 3.68	2–16
Tinetti Test – sum	20.28 ± 6.24	4–28
Up&go Test (s)	12.19 ± 6.82	5.39–37.22
Extensors strenght – non affected side (N)	206.33 ± 61.92	80–319
Extensors strenght – affected side (N)	165.07 ± 69.43	46.2–306.9
Flexors strenght – non affected side (N)	139.82 ± 47.65	51.1–246
Flexors strenght – affected side (N)	112.15 ± 53.46	15.5–215.7
Pmax (W)	187.2 ± 91.77	41.28–371.82
Vopt (rpm)	50.09 ± 17.91	19.47–83.1
Bartel Index	12.34 ± 5.12	2–19
RMA global functions	8.35 ± 2.66	2–12
RMA lower limb and torso	6.97 ± 2.82	1–11
RMA upper limb	6.74 ± 4.49	0–15
RMA sum	18.75 ± 11.07	0–36