Responsiveness analysis by group approach*
| Stable (n=32, poststroke delay=10.3±7.7 months) | Improved (n=35, poststroke delay=2.01±2.6 months) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | Change | |||||||||||
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Mean±SD | 95% CI of mean | p Value | ES | Time 1 | Time 2 | Mean±SD | 95% CI of mean | p Value | ES | |
| ACTIVLIM-Stroke (logit), mean±SD | 1.04±1.89 | 1.59±1.97 | 0.54±0.81 | 0.25 to 0.84 | <0.001 | 0.29 | 0.46±2.23 | 3.12±2.16 | 2.66±1.75 | 2.06 to 3.26 | <0.001 | 0.95 |
| 6-minute- walk test (m), mean±SD | 135.69±137.84 | 150.90±139.84 | 15.21±55.44 | −4.78 to 35.20 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 119.8±117.66 | 231.25±166.73 | 111.45±123.69 | 68.96 to 153.93 | <0.001 | 0.95 |
| Barthel Index, median (P25; P75) | 85 (67.5; 95) | 90 (75; 95) | – | – | <0.001 | – | 70 (56.25; 85) | 95 (85; 100) | – | – | <0.001 | – |
| Modified Rankin scale, median (P25; P75) | 2 (2–3.5) | 2 (2–3.5) | – | – | 0.99 | – | 3 (3–4) | 2 (1–2.75) | – | – | <0.001 | – |
*Classification of patients as stable or improved was based on their change measured by clinicians using modified Rankin scale.
ES, effect size; mo., months; P, percentile; time 1, baseline; time 2, follow-up.