Reliability, validity and discriminant ability of a robotic device for finger training in patients with subacute stroke

Table 4 Validity (correlations with clinical scales)

	MRC (ext)	MRC (flex)	FAT	MAS
HandForce_ext	0.710***	0.732***	0.533***	0.074
HandForce_flex	0.705***	0.713***	0.550***	0.156
Muscle tone ^†	−0.05	−0.046	− 0.066	−0.144
MAS_V1	0.084	0.103	0.042	−0.037
MTS_V1	0.029	0.059	0.013	0.009
MAS_V3	0.111	0.091	0.089	0.024
MTS_V3	0.081	0.064	0.107	−0.040

Correlations between robotic indices and clinical scales are assessed by means of Spearman’s correlation coefficients. MRC Medical Research Council; FAT Frenchay Arm Test; MAS Modified Ashworth Scale. The symbol *** indicates a P-value (corrected for multiple comparison, by using a False Discovery Rate procedure) lower than 0.001

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