73)
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Variable n X s n X s
Surgery 11 38.46 59.0 13 34.54 29.5
No Surgery* 44 18.78 11.0 34 11.68 06.3
Surgery 72 15.76 20.0 75 13.32 09.5
No Surgery 15 08.67 06.4 15 10.53 11.7
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Note*: Statistically significant difference existed between the groups at the 5 percent level on the Wilcoxon and t tests. (Rapoport & Judd-Van Erd, 1989, p. 35).
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The results for the LOS segments and number of physical-therapy visits between groups revealed that those patients with stroke who did not have surgery spent significantly less time from admission to initial physical therapy visit (N = 34)
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