Participant characteristics at study enrolment
| PBT | Control | P values | |
| (n=41) | (n=42) | ||
| Age (years) | 66 (17) | 67 (13) | 0.84 |
| Sex (number, %) | |||
| Female | 15 (36.6) | 12 (28.6) | 0.49 |
| Male | 26 (63.4) | 30 (71.4) | |
| Time poststroke (years) | 2.0 (3.3) | 3.2 (4.5) | 0.086 |
| More affected side (number, %) | |||
| Left | 22 (53.7) | 22 (52.4) | >0.99 |
| Right | 19 (46.3) | 20 (47.6) | |
| NIH-SS (score) | 3 (4) | 3 (5) | 0.57 |
| CMSA leg (score) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | 0.54 |
| CMSA foot (score) | 5 (3) | 5 (1) | 0.45 |
| ABC scale (%) | 65.6 (26.3) | 79.1 (33.8) | 0.42 |
| BBS (score) | 50 (10) | 51 (7) | 0.94 |
| Mini-BEST (score) | 18 (7) | 18 (5) | 0.95 |
| TUG (s) | 14.4 (12.3) | 13.0 (7.6) | 0.62 |
| PASIPD (score) | 8.4 (9.5) | 11.6 (10.9) | 0.48 |
| SIPSO (score) | 30 (9) | 31 (13) | 0.74 |
| Fall in the past year (number, %) | |||
| Yes | 17 (41.5) | 18 (42.9) | >0.99 |
| No | 24 (58.5) | 24 (57.1) | |
↵Values presented are medians with interquartile range in parentheses (for continuous/ordinal variables) or number with percentage in parentheses (for count/frequency variables). The p value is for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test (continuous/ordinal variables) or Fisher’s exact test (count/frequency variables).
ABC, Activities specific Balance Confidence scale; BBS, Berg Balance Scale; CMSA, Chedoke McMaster Stroke Assessment; mini-BEST, mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test; NIH-SS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PASIPD, Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities; SIPSO, Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome; TUG, Timed Up & Go.