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Table 2 Comparison of outcome scores (Intragroup analysis)

From: Effects of virtual reality associated with serious games for upper limb rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis: randomized controlled trial

Variable

Pre

Post

Follow up

Intragroup

analysis

p-value

Two-paired comparisons

Median (Interquartile range)

Pre vs. Post

p-value

Pre vs. Follow up

p-value

Post vs. Follow up

p-value

Jamar More affected

Experimental group

17.00 (20.34)

21.00 (13.33)

17.33 (12.00)

.038

.099

.670

.092

Control group

13.00 (11.00)

13.00 (10.33)

13.00 (7.67)

.208

.070

.448

.091

Jamar Less affected

Experimental group

21.33 (16.00)

20.00 (19.67)

18.33 (16.00)

.011*

.019†

.776

.002†

Control group

17.00 (11.33)

16.33 (14.50)

15.33 (14.00)

.337

.723

.123

.063

PPT More affected

Experimental group

7.66 (4.33)

9.66 (5.33)

9.00 (4.66)

.015*

.008†

.157

.055

Control group

3.33 (8.83)

3.66 (7.67)

3.66 (10.50)

.227

.514

.204

.203

PPT Less affected

Experimental group

9.33 (3.33)

10.33 (3.00)

9.66 (3.34)

.006*

.004†

.220

.110

Control group

9.66 (6.33)

10.00 (11.00)

10.00 (11.00)

.191

.384

.375

.227

PPT Both hands

Experimental group

12.66 (5.33)

15.33 (8.00)

14.66 (6.00)

.014*

.005†

.441

.480

Control group

9.33 (12.66)

6.66 (13.67)

7.33 (12.66)

.966

.339

.932

.496

PPT Assembly

Experimental group

15.66 (5.00)

20.00 (7.33)

16.66 (7.66)

.002*

.001†

.038†

.094

Control group

13.33 (18.83)

10.66 (15.83)

14.33 (19.17)

.104

.440

.128

.080

BBT More affected

Experimental group

40.00 (23.00)

48.00 (14.00)

51.00 (9.00)

.002*

.003†

.016†

.779

Control group

26.00 (31.50)

28.00 (30.00)

30.00 (25.00)

.140

.071

.090

.779

BBT Less affected

Experimental group

44.00 (18.00)

48.00 (13.00)

52.00 (12.00)

.002*

.028†

.002†

.107

Control group

41.00 (27.00)

42.00 (36.00)

48.00 (36.00)

.008*

.007†

.013†

.236

NHPT More affected

Experimental group

35.35 (13.09)

32.03 (19.74)

28.90 (15.21)

.127

.334

.088

.211

Control group

60.22 (57.33)

70.15 (76.02)

70.15 (70.19)

.122

.929

.182

.236

NHPT Less affected

Experimental group

30.62 (16.95)

29.07 (15.23)

28.15 (11.10)

.282

.078

.053

.820

Control group

27.50 (24.06)

23.31 (19.27)

25.24 (18.50)

.053

.138

.172

.236

MSIS-29 physical score

Experimental group

62.00 (36.00)

60.00 (22.00)

63.00 (34.00)

.701

.233

.629

.826

Control group

55.00 (33.00)

66.00 (31.00)

66.00 (34.00)

.917

.527

.789

.372

MSIS-29 psychological score

Experimental group

57.77 (28.89)

64.44 (20.00)

66.66 (35.56)

.878

.552

.780

.683

Control group

46.66 (23.33)

51.11 (16.67)

48.00 (28.28)

.186

.086

.723

.210

FFS

Experimental group

58.73 (37.88)

63.49 (42.86)

58.73 (17.46)

.819

.363

.629

.712

Control group

57.14 (26.19)

58.73 (17.47)

58.73 (30.17)

.679

.700

.752

.959

  1. PPT Purdue Pegboard Test; BBT box and block test; NHPT Nine Hole Peg Test. MSIS-29 Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale. FSS Fatigue Severity Scale. Data are expressed as median and interquartile range. *p value < 0.016 using the Friedman test (after Bonferroni correction) and †p value < 0.05 using the Wilcoxon test for related samples