Influences of the biofeedback content on robotic post-stroke gait rehabilitation: electromyographic vs joint torque biofeedback

Table 3 Neurological and clinical assessment results, for the 10 patient’s cohort for EMGb and Rb Lokomat trainings groups as mean ± sd. In the last columns statistical comparison results are reported: Pre vs Post comparison for each BFBb and Rb group. p values or “ns”, if statistical comparison is not significant, are reported for each statistical comparison performed

	EMGb		Rb		Statistical Comparison
	Barthel Index				EMGb	Rb
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre vs Post	Pre vs Post
Mean	27,43	41,04	30,36	42,88	0.007	ns
sd	16,97	15,37	11,88	11,68	0.007	ns
sd	Trunk Control test				EMGb	Rb
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre vs Post	Pre vs Post
Mean	32,07	47,48	33,65	44,6	0.005	0.011
sd	18,12	17,94	14,21	15,48	0.005	0.011
sd	Functional Ambulation Category				EMGb	Rb
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre vs Post	Pre vs Post
Mean	0,74	1,66	0,85	1,41	0.015	0.014
sd	0,63	0,85	0,64	0,41	0.015	0.014
sd	Berg Balance Scale				EMGb	Rb
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre vs Post	Pre vs Post
Mean	11,06	16,13	11,2	16,59	ns	ns
sd	4,59	6,24	3,31	3,54	ns	ns
sd	Visual Analogue Scale				EMGb	Rb
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre vs Post	Pre vs Post
Mean	5,18	1,66	4,34	2,2	0.011	ns
sd	3,1	1,55	1,61	0,98	0.011	ns

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