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Table 5 Therapists' ratings of the elbow stimulation device.

From: A haptic-robotic platform for upper-limb reaching stroke therapy: Preliminary design and evaluation results

 

Importance

Effectiveness

Stimulation

Alternative

Mean

3.9

2.3

2.4

2.5

SD

0.4

1.2

1.1

1.3

  1. Mean and standard deviation (SD)of therapists' ratings of the elbow device regarding the importance of stimulation during traditional therapy, effectiveness of the elbow stimulation device, stimulation of reaching motion by the device, and option of using the device as an alternative when a therapist is not present. Ratings are from 1 (bad) to 4 (good), N = 8.