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Table 2 Treatment effects in all outcome measures

From: Robot-assisted arm training in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study

Outcomes

Comparisons

95% Confidence interval

Wilcoxon signed ranks test

(Effect size)

T1 vs. T0

T2 vs. T0

T2 vs. T1

T1 vs. T0

T2 vs. T0

T2 vs. T1

P value (Z)

P value (Z)

P value (Z)

(r)

(r)

(r)

Nine-hole peg test (s)

0.007 (-2.701)*

0.007 (-2.701)*

0.359 (-0.918)

1.90 to 4.78 (-0.60)

1.73 to 4.34 (-0.53)

-1.07 to 0.47 (0.08)

Fugl-Meyer assessment (0–66)

0.012 (-2.527)*

0.018 (-2.371)

0.606 (-0.516)

-6.31 to -1.28 (0.45)

-5.53 to -1.26 (0.41)

-1.62 to 2.42 (-0.07)

UPDRS motor examination (0–108)

0.097 (-1.658)

0.174 (-1.358)

0.334 (-0.966)

-0.34 to 2.54 (-0.14)

-0.40 to 2.00 (-0.11)

-1.05 to 0.45 (0.04)

UPDRS total (0–176)

0.046 (-1.995)

0.037 (-2.082)

0.813 (-0.214)

0.26 to 6.73 (-0.20)

0.54 to 6.65 (-0.20)

-1.30 to 1.50 (-0.01)

  1. Abbreviations: UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.
  2. * = statistically significant after Bonferroni correction (P < 0.016).