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Table 4 ADL of the study participants at base-line and with orthosis

From: Development of 3D-printed myoelectric hand orthosis for patients with spinal cord injury

 Task

Base-line

Assisted with orthosis

p-value

Functional Independent Measurement (FIM): Self-care

 Eating

3.5

5.4

0.035

 Grooming

1.9

2.1

0.549

 Bathing

1.5

1.5

1.0

 Dressing-Upper Body

2.0

2.0

1.0

 Dressing-Lower Body

1.1

1.1

1.0

 Toileting

1.3

1.3

1.0

 Total Score

11.3

13.4

0.0004

Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) III: Self-care

 Eating

2.2

3.4

0.104

 Bathing

0.6

0.9

0.166

 Dressing

0.9

0.9

1.0

 Grooming

0.9

0.9

1.0

 Total Score

4.6

6.1

0.027

  1. Bold values indicate statistically significant differences. False discovery rate method was applied to control the multiple testing problem. Besides, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyze the improvement of the total ADL scores after wearing the orthosis