Table 2 Participants’ characteristics

Gender (female/male)

9/7

5/12

0.13^c

Age at intake (years)

52 ± 13

59 ± 10

0.13^a

Height (cm)

171 ± 10

175 ± 7

0.40^a

Body mass (kg)

76 ± 13

80 ± 14

0.18^a

Time since stroke at intake (months, median)

46 (6–372)

20 (13–110)

0.05^c

Side of lesion (left/right)

0.66^c

Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) at intake (1–5, median)

5 (4–5)

5 (4–5)

0.99^c

Berg Balance Scale (BBS) (0–56, median)

55 (39–56)

53 (46–56)

0.58^c

Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE (0–30, median)

29 (26–30)

28 (22–30)

0.63^c

Assistive device (none/(k)evo/walking cane)

6/4/6

10/3/4

0.22^c

Level of activity (1–5 days a week at least 30 min moderate active)

1 (0–5)

2 (0–5)

0.31^c

Falls past year (n, %)

8, 50%

13, 76%

0.12^b

Fear of falling (1 (no fear of falling)–10 (extreme fear of falling))

5 (1–9)

3 (1–10)

0.31^c

Living situation (independently/independently with help)

3/13

6/11

0.42^c

Comorbidities (n, %)

10, 59%

0.58^b