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

Table 5 Discriminant ability (differences between patients with stroke and healthy subjects)

	Mean difference (patients - healthy)	SE difference	95% SE		P*
	Mean difference (patients - healthy)	SE difference	Lower	Upper	P*
HandForce_ext	−23,4	1,5	−26,3	−20,4	< 0.001
HandForce_flex	−68,3	4,8	−77,7	−58,9	< 0.001
Muscle tone (N)	−13,8	3,6	−20,9	−6,8	< 0.001
MAS_V1	1,1	0,3	0,6	1,6	< 0.001
MTS_V1	0,8	0,2	0,3	1,3	< 0.001
MAS_V3	1,2	0,3	0,7	1,7	< 0.001
MTS_V3	0,8	0,2	0,3	1,2	< 0.001

Comparison between patients with stroke and healthy subjects are assessed by means of the Mann-Whitney U test. SE Standard error. Values in bold indicate statistical significance (p lower than 0.05)
^†The negative value means a higher tone of flexor muscles in patients with stroke, when compared with healthy subjects
* Corrected for multiple comparison, by using a False Discovery Rate procedure

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