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Table 2 Patients’ scores in all the clinical and robotic outcome measures

From: Neurocognitive robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function: a randomized control trial on motor recovery in subacute stroke

Assessment (Max/Healthy Value)

Group

Baseline (T0) value, Mean (SD)

Change from baseline, Mean (SD)

Repeated Measures ANOVA on change from baseline

T1

T2

T3

Group

Time

F (1,25)

P

F (2,52)

P

FMA-UE (66)

RG

50.14 (12.50)

+ 7.14 (5.72)

+ 7.79 (7.65)

+ 8.64 (7.42)

0.035

0.8537

1.206

0.3076

CG

50.85 (15.00)

+ 6.85 (5.34)

+ 7.31 (5.68)

+ 8.08 (8.32)

FMA-WH (24)

RG

17.86 (5.61)

+ 2.93 (2.62)

+ 3.64 (3.25)

+ 3.64 (3.23)

0.371

0.5480

3.701

0.0314

CG

19.39 (6.20)

+ 2.39 (1.81)

+ 2.54 (2.22)

+ 3.39 (3.62)

FMA-SE (42)

RG

32.29 (8.08)

+ 4.21 (4.14)

+ 4.14 (5.92)

+ 5.00 (5.68)

0.012

0.9152

0.303

0.7403

CG

31.46 (8.95)

+ 4.46 (3.91)

+ 4.77 (4.46)

+ 4.69 (5.62)

BBT (−)

RG

17.79 (9.67)

+ 11.43 (6.60)

+ 13.50 (7.33)

+ 17.57 (10.91)

0.504

0.4842

11.330

8.241e-05*

CG

15.15 (8.44)

+ 12.85 (8.22)

+ 17.54 (13.39)

+ 19.92 (13.96)

EmNSA-T(24)

RG

20.93 (5.44)

+ 1.07 (2.20)

+ 1.43 (2.59)

+ 1.86 (3.33)

2.986

0.0964

2651

0.0801

CG

15.15 (9.44)

+ 2.85 (4.45)

+ 5.54 (7.33)

+ 4.92 (7.53)

EmNSA-P(8)

RG

7.79 (0.58)

+ 0.14 (0.36)

−0.21 (0.43)

0.00 (0.56)

5.258

0.0305

0.520

0.5976

CG

6.77 (1.92)

+ 0.54 (0.97)

+ 0.69 (1.18)

+ 0.46 (0.78)

MAS(0)

RG

1.29 (1.77)

+ 0.07 (2.37)

−0.21 (2.36)

− 0.29 (2.56)

1.012

0.3241

0.558

0.5756

CG

2.15 (2.94)

−1.54 (2.91)

−1.31 (3.12)

−0.85 (3.69)

MMSE(30)

RG

25.89 (3.60)

+ 0.57 (1.91)

+ 0.93 (1.64)

+ 1.71 (3.07)

0.072

0.7906

1.088

0.3446

CG

23.62 (5.47)

+ 1.05 (1.87)

+ 0.59 (2.41)

+ 0.93 (3.33)

FAB(18)

RG

14.60 (2.38)

+ 0.43 (1.74)

+ 1.14 (1.70)

+ 1.61 (1.67)

0.144

0.7079

1.625

0.2067

CG

11.98 (5.29)

+ 1.26 (1.71)

+ 1.49 (1.76)

+ 1.05 (1.60)

Albert Test (32)

RG

31.86 (0.36)

+ 0.07 (0.27)

+ 0.07 (0.48)

+ 0.14 (0.36)

0.034

0.8544

0.000

1.000

CG

31.77 (0.83)

+ 0.15 (0.90)

+ 0.15 (0.56)

+ 0.08 (0.28)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation; FMA-UE Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity; FMA-WH Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Wrist and Hand functions; FMA-SE Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Shoulder and Elbow functions; MAS Modified Ashworth Scale; EmNSA-T Erasmus MC Nottingham Sensory Assessment of Tactile sensation; EmNSA-P Erasmus MC Nottingham Sensory Assessment of Tactile of Proprioceptive ability; MMSE Mini Mental State Examination; FAB Frontal Assessment Battery
  2. Symbols: * Statistically significant according to Bonferroni correction (i.e., significance level \( {\boldsymbol{\alpha}}^{\ast}=\frac{\mathbf{0.05}}{\mathbf{20}}=\mathbf{0.0025} \))