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Table 3 TRI-HFT of the study participants at before and after wearing the orthosis

From: Development of 3D-printed myoelectric hand orthosis for patients with spinal cord injury

 

Score

p-value

Base-line

Assisted with orthosis

First Part: Object Manipulation

1. Mug

3.5

5.6

0.035

2. Paper

3.2

5.2

0.047

3. Book

2.3

3.8

0.126

4. Ziploc bag

3.2

4.6

0.047

5. Pop can

2.8

4.6

0.047

6. Dice

2.9

5.6

0.035

7. Sponge

2.4

4.8

0.047

8. Credit card

3.1

3.6

0.574

9. Mobile phone

2.9

3.2

0.522

10. Pencil

3.1

4.0

0.246

Total score for the First Part

29.4

45.0

0.007

Second Part: Rectangular Wooden Blocks

 100 g block; high friction surface

3.4

5.6

0.012

 100 g block; wooden surface

3.0

5.6

0.012

 100 g block; low friction surface

3.0

5.4

0.012

 200 g block; high friction surface

3.2

5.4

0.012

 200 g block; wooden surface

2.8

5.2

0.012

 200 g block; low friction surface

2.8

5.2

0.012

 300 g block; high friction surface

3.2

5.2

0.012

 300 g block; wooden surface

2.6

5.2

0.012

 300 g block; low friction surface

2.8

4.8

0.012

Total score for the Second Part

26.8

47.6

0.009

  1. Bold values indicate statistically significant differences. False discovery rate method was applied to control the multiple testing problem. Besides, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyze the improvement of the total TRI-HFT scores after wearing the orthosis