Table 1

Characteristics of the patients enrolled.

No.	Sex	Age (years)	Age at onset of illness (years)	MS type	Duration of illness (years)	LOS (days)	FIMa	FIMd	FIM gain	FIM efficiency
1	M	27	21	RRMS	6	95	83	90	7	0.11
2	M	31	29	RRMS	3	42	80	105	25	0.59
3	M	36	31	PRMS	4	42	77	104	27	0.6
4	F	35	15	SPMS	20	42	86	110	24	0.57
5	F	64	47	PRMS	17	42	67	82	15	0.3
6	F	45	42	RRMS	3	35	87	120	33	0.9
7	F	43	30	PPMS	13	35	54	66	12	0.3
8	F	16	15	RRMS	1	21	117	121	4	0.1
9	M	41	30	PPMS	11	68	47	98	51	0.7
10	M	28	16	RRMS	12	35	70	73	3	0.88
11	M	40	33	SPMS	7	38	73	98	25	0.6
12	F	56	40	RRMS	16	34	84	101	17	0.5
13	F	23	19	PPMS	4	23	88	108	20	0.8
14	F	41	35	SPMS	6	44	66	84	18	0.4
15	F	24	23	Unknown	1	21	70	72	2	0.09
16	F	47	44	Unknown	3	47	54	62	8	0.17
17	F	27	22	RRMS	5	37	81	97	16	0.43
18	F	25	19	PPMS	6	28	82	91	9	0.2
19	F	27	18	PPMS	9	28	96	127	31	0.9
20	F	33	31	RRMS	2	40	57	95	38	0.95
21	F	51	44	PRMS	7	30	98	111	13	0.43
22	F	38	35	RRMS	3	47	82	106	24	0.58
23	F	45	39	RRMS	6	41	103	114	11	0.2
24	M	35	32	RRMS	3	28	58	102	17	0.6
Mean (SD)	-	35,75 (10.99)	30,75 (10.89)	-	7 (5.14)	37,79 (11.08)	77,55 (16.92)	97,25 (17.31)	18,58 (12.06)	0.5 (0.27)

MS - multiple sclerosis, LOS - length of stay, FIMa - FIM score at admission, FIMd - FIM score at discharge, FIM - Functional Independence Measure, RRMS - relapsing-remitting MS, PRMS - primary relapsing MS, PPMS - Primary progressive MS, SPMS - secondary progressive MS, SD - standard deviation