Effects of substituting a portion of standard physiotherapy time with virtual reality games among community-dwelling stroke survivors

Table 1 Participants’ baseline characteristics

	Experimental group (n = 15)	Control group (n = 13)	p values
^aAge	65.4 ± 9.8	67.0 ± 8.4	0.80
^bMini Mental State Examination score (0–30)	24.0 (19–30)	26.5 (20–30)	0.17
^bGeriatric Depression score (0–15)	4 (0–13)	3 (0–7)	0.45
^aPost-stroke duration (months)	40.5 ± 41.8	34.9 ± 23.6	0.80
^bWalking aids (quadripod/walking stick/none)	2/9/4	5/0/8	0.01*
^bAffected side (left/right)	3/12	10/3	0.02*

^aData are the means (standard deviations) with p values for analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).
^bData are medians (ranges) or categorical with p values for the chi-squared test.
*Statistically significant (p < 0.05).

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