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Table 3 Inter-group comparisons of post-intervention effects

From: Efficacy of robot-assisted fingers training in chronic stroke survivors: a pilot randomized-controlled trial

Outcome Measures

Mean Change ± SD

p-value

Improvement

Robot

Control

Pre2-Post

   

   ARAT

14.00 ± 5.75

7.70 ± 6.91

0.053

   WMFT Score

9.56 ± 7.54

5.00 ± 6.46

0.113

   WMFT Time

−14.91 ± 12.06

−3.63 ± 10.96

0.079

   WMFT-FT Score

8.89 ± 8.67

2.40 ± 4.12

0.017*

   WMFT-FT Time

−30.38 ± 23.74

−4.22 ± 21.01

0.017*

   FMA

5.11 ± 6.55

5.70 ± 4.35

0.968

   FMA-SE

3.44 ± 2.01

3.30 ± 2.65

0.905

   FMA-WH

1.44 ± 4.14

2.00 ± 1.67

0.484

Pre2-6Mo

   

   ARAT

11.00 ± 13.91

6.60 ± 11.09

0.497

   WMFT Score

7.22 ± 12.50

2.90 ± 5.07

0.720

   WMFT Time

−17.40 ± 24.10

−2.68 ± 8.80

0.156

   WMFT-FT Score

6.44 ± 11.26

1.20 ± 3.71

0.356

   WMFT-FT Time

−29.58 ± 39.92

−1.44 ± 12.42

0.095

   FMA

6.11 ± 10.90

2.70 ± 4.42

0.604

   FMA-SE

3.67 ± 5.35

1.40 ± 2.87

0.356

   FMA-WH

2.67 ± 4.97

0.80 ± 1.99

0.565

  1. Abbreviations: ARAT, Action Research Arm Test; WMFT, Wolf Motor Function Test; WMFT-FT, the functional movement tasks of Wolf Motor Function Test; FMA, Fugl-Meyer Assessment; FMA-SE, the shoulder and elbow parts of FMA; FMA-WH, the wrist and hand parts of FMA.
  2. *indicates significant difference.