Functional recovery differences after stroke rehabilitation in patients with uni- or bilateral hemiparesis

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Deference in functional improvement scores after stroke rehabilitation in patients with uni- or bilateral hemiparesis.

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of all patients, stratified according to the site of hemiparesis.

Variables	ALL N=383	Right hemiparesis 208 (54%)	Left hemiparesis 157 (41%)	Bilateral hemipareses 18 (5%)	P-Value
Variables	mean±SD, n (%)
Age in years	54.9±15.3	58.8±16.4	57.9±14.8	47.9±14.7	0.019
*Gender*
Male	213(56)	124(60)	82(52)	7(39)	0.13
Female	170(44)	84(40)	75(48)	11(61)
*Discharge disposition*
Home	374(98)	204(98)	153(98)	17(94)	0.61
Not to home	9(2)	4(2)	4(2)	1(6)
LOS in days	47.5±28.7	47.5±32.1	48.9±28.4	59.6±37.5	0.28

Table 2

Outcome measures, stratified according to the site of hemiparesis.

Variables	Right hemiparesis N=208 (54%)	Left hemiparesis 157 (41)	Bilateral hemipareses 18 (5)	P-Value
Variables	n (%), mean±SD
Change in motor FIM	21.9±15.3	26.2±15.1	26.7±18.1	0.023
Change in cognitive FIM	2.0±3.3	3.2±3.9	4.8±6.1	0.0005
Change in total FIM	23.9±15.7	29.4±16.3	31.5±21.9	0.003

Table 3

Multiple regression analyses between site of hemiparesis and functional recovery.

Site of hemiparesis	Motor FIM			Cognitive FIM			Total FIM
	β	SE	p-value	β	SE	p-value	β	SE	p-value
	Constant	25.94	3.41	<.0001	2.88	0.83	0.0006	28.82	3.62	<.0001
Right	4.22	1.61	0.009	1.10	0.39	0.006	5.32	1.71	0.002
Left	4.40	1.60	0.006	1.25	0.39	0.001	5.65	1.70	0.001
Bilateral	6.59	3.42	0.05	2.56	0.83	0.002	9.15	3.63	0.012
Adj R²		0.015			0.034			0.029