Reliability, validity and discriminant ability of a robotic device for finger training in patients with subacute stroke

Table 2 Test-retest reliability in patients with stroke

	N	Test Mean (SD)	Retest Mean (SD)	ICC	95% CI		P	SEM	MDC
	N	Test Mean (SD)	Retest Mean (SD)	ICC	Lower bound	Upper bound	P	SEM	MDC
HandForce_ext (N)	115	5.7 (8.2)	5.9 (7.8)	0.977	0.967	0.984	0.365	1.2	3.4
HandForce_flex (N)	115	22.1 (26.8)	21.5 (26.0)	0.979	0.969	0.985	0.467	3.8	10.6
Muscle tone (N) ^†	113	−12.0 (16.6)	−13.9 (17.1)	0.906	0.860	0.937	0.048	5.2	14.3
MAS_V1	118	1.2 (1.6)	1.2 (1.5)	0.473	0.240	0.634	0.960	1.1	3.1
MTS_V1	118	0.8 (1.5)	0.9 (1.5)	0.396	0.129	0.581	0.725	1.2	3.2
MAS_V3	118	1.6 (1.5)	1.7 (1.5)	0.486	0.257	0.644	0.606	1.1	3.0
MTS_V3	118	0.9 (1.4)	1.0 (1.5)	0.268	−0.057	0.494	0.424	1.2	3.4

SD Standard Deviation; ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; CI Confidence Interval. SEM Standard Error of Measurement; MDC Minimal Detectable Change. P-values in bold indicate statistical significance of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test (P lower than 0.05). ^† Negative values: flexor muscles tone. Positive values: extensor muscles tone

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