Distal versus proximal - an investigation on different supportive strategies by robots for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 The statistical probabilities and the estimated effect sizes of the 1-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) on the respective post-assessment and 3-month follow-up (3MFU) between the groups, by taking the pre-assessment as the covariate

Assessment	1-way ANCOVA on the Post- and 3MFU assessments between the groups
Assessment	Post_{_Pre} P (Partial η²)	3MFU__Pre P (Partial η²)
FMA
Full Score	0.808 (0.002)	0.9090 (0.001)
Shoulder/Elbow	0.601 (0.010)	0.601 (0.010)
Wrist/Hand	0.996 (0.000)	0.8070 (0.002)
ARAT	0.721 (0.005)	0.458 (0.021)
MAS
Elbow	0.686 (0.006)	0.661 (0.007)
Wrist	0.218 (0.054)	0.000^*** (0.557)
Finger	0.003^** (0.289)	0.008^{* *} (0.234)

Differences with statistical significance are marked with ‘*’ beside the P values. Significant levels are indicated as, * P < 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001

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