Table 3 Performance at the clinical assessment tasks
T-1 (N = 19) | T0(N = 19) | T1 (N = 19) | T2(N = 16) | ||||||||||
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Mean ± Std.Dev. | Median | Min; Max | Mean ± Std.Dev. | Median | Min; Max | Mean ± Std.Dev. | Median | Min; Max | Mean ± Std.Dev. | Median | Min; Max | ||
Fugl-Meyer Test (n = 18) | Upper Limb | 31.33 ± 17.42 | 33.5 | 5; 54 | 31.21 ± 16.92 | 33 | 7; 55 | 40.37 ± 18.57 | 49b | 9; 62 | 41.75 ± 18.95 | 49.5b | 9; 63 |
Ashworth Scale (n = 18) | Shoulder | 0.67 ± 0.77 | 0.5 | 0;2 | 0.37 ± 0.6 | 0 | 0;2 | 0.16 ± 0.37 | 0 | 0; 1 | 0.25 ± 0.77 | 0 | 0;3 |
Elbow | 1.67 ± 0.91 | 1.5 | 0;3 | 1.79 ± 0.98 | 2 | 0;3 | 1.26 ± 0.93 | 1b | 0;3 | 1.44 ± 1.03 | 1b | 0;3 | |
Wrist | 0.89 ± 1.02 | 1 | 0;4 | 1 ± 1 | 1 | 0;4 | 0.68 ± 0.67 | 1 | 0;2 | 0.63 ± 0.62 | 1 | 0;2 | |
FIM™ (n = 16) | Motor | 80.63 ± 16.22 | 82 | 53; 126 | 82.26 ± 13.88 | 83a | 56; 126 | 85.21 ± 11.84 | 86b | 69; 126 | 85.94 ± 6.32 | 88.5b,c | 69; 91 |
Visual Analogue Scale | Pain | 22.05 ± 26.33 | 15 | 0;80 | 11.58 ± 20.21 | 0 | 0;75 | 0 ± 0 | 0 b,c | 0;0 | |||
Medical Research Council, muscles' strength criteria | Trapezius | 3.37 ± 0.76 | 3 | 2;5 | 3.79 ± 0.79 | 4b | 3;5 | 3.94 ± 0.77 | 4b | 3;5 | |||
Deltoid | 3.68 ± 0.58 | 4 | 2;4 | 4.37 ± 0.6 | 4b | 3;5 | 4.56 ± 0.63 | 5b | 3;5 | ||||
Pectoralis Major | 3.74 ± 1.19 | 4 | 0;5 | 4.47 ± 0.77 | 5b | 2;5 | 4.75 ± 0.45 | 5b | 4;5 | ||||
External Rotatores | 3.58 ± 1.12 | 4 | 0;5 | 4.11 ± 1.15 | 4b | 0;5 | 4.25 ± 1.29 | 5b | 0;5 | ||||
Internal Rotatores | 32 ± 1.57 | 4 | 0;4 | 3.32 ± 1.57 | 4 | 0;5 | 3.56 ± 1.46 | 4 | 0;5 | ||||
Biceps Brachii | 3.95 ± 0.97 | 4 | 2;5 | 4.53 ± 0.61 | 5b | 3;5 | 4.81 ± 0.4 | 5b | 4;5 | ||||
Triceps Brachii | 3.74 ± 1.28 | 4 | 0;5 | 4.05 ± 1.08 | 4 | 1;5 | 4.31 ± 1.14 | 5b | 1;5 | ||||
Flexor Carpi | 3 4 0; 53 | 4 | 0;5 | 3.32 ± 1.67 | 4 | 0;5 | 3.63 ± 1.63 | 4b | 0;5 | ||||
Extensor Carpi | 2.84 ± 1.38 | 3 | 0;4 | 3.21 ± 1.51 | 4 | 0;5 | 3.5 ± 1.41 | 4b | 0;5 | ||||
Latissimus Dorsi | 2.74 ± 1.24 | 3 | 0;4 | 3.47 ± 1.12 | 4b | 1;5 | 3.94 ± 1.06 | 4b | 1;5 | ||||
Box & Block Test | 11.89 ± 11.69 | 12 | 0;38 | 16.95 ± 15.6 | 17b | 0;45 | 17 ± 15.9 | 17b | 0;54 | ||||
FrenchayArm Test | 2.47 ± 1.81 | 3 | 0;5 | 3.26 ± 2.05 | 5b | 0;5 | 3.31 ± 1.96 | 4.5b | 0;5 | ||||
Time Up and Go Test | 18.58 ± 7.9 | 17 | 10; 40 | 17.47 ± 8.55 | 14b | 9; 38 | 16.25 ± 7.01 | 15b | 8;34 | ||||