Early prediction of gait ability in patients with hip fracture

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the items evaluated

Item^a	Walking group (n = 35)			Non-walking group (n = 19)			Statistics
Item^a	Mean ± SD	Median	Range	Mean ± SD	Median	Range	t	P
Age (years)	75.5 ± 8.6	75.0	60–90	82.7 ± 5.4	83.0	70–90	3.80	<0.001
MMT	3.5 ± 0.5	4.0	3–4	2.9 ± 0.3	3.0	2–3	0.65	<0.001
HDS-R (points)	22.7 ± 8	24.0	6–30	7.9 ± 6.2	7.0	0–21	6.99	<0.001
MAT (points)	11.8 ± 3.2	12.0	7–22	6.4 ± 2.7	7.0	2–12	5.63	<0.001
Admission (days)	54.7 ± 18.2	53.5	30–134	52.9 ± 18.8	50.0	24–88	0.34	0.732
From admission to PT (days)	11.3 ± 9.5	8.5	0–43	12.7 ± 12.3	7.0	3–52	0.49	0.629
From admission to initiation of exercise in PT room (days)	1.6 ± 0.7	1.0	1–4	1.7 ± 1.1	1.0	1–5	0.77	0.443

Item^b	Category	Frequency (n)	Category	Frequency (n)	U	P
KI	B	1	B	0	19.50	<0.001
	C	7	C	0
	D	6	D	0
	E	18	E	0
	F	3	F	13
	G	0	G	6
JCS	0	28	0	4	118.0	<0.001
	1	5	1	6
	2	1	2	2
	3	0	3	1
	10	1	10	6

Item^c	Category	Frequency (n)	Category	Frequency (n)	X ²	P
Delirium	−	30	−	6	16.24	<0.001
Delirium	+	5	+	13	16.24	<0.001
NYHA	None	34	None	15	Exact test	0.065
	Slight	1	Slight	2
	Severe	0	Severe	2
Hugh-Jones	−	34	−	18	Exact test	0.584
Hugh-Jones	+	1	+	1	Exact test	0.584
Brunnstrom Stage	−	27	−	16	Exact test	0.405
Brunnstrom Stage	+	8	+	3	Exact test	0.405
Orthopedic disease	−	33	−	19	Exact test	0.416
Orthopedic disease	+	2	+	0	Exact test	0.416

^aMMT, Manual muscle test; HDS–R, Hasegawa’s dementia scale; MAT, motor age test; PT, physical therapy
^bKI, Katz’s index; JCS, Japan coma scale
^cNYHA, New York heart Association Classification of cardiac function; Hugh-Jones, Hugh-Jones classification for respiratory disease; Brunnstrom stage, evaluation of paralysis in patients with cerebral stroke

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