Comparison of neuromuscular and cardiovascular exercise intensity and enjoyment between standard of care, off-the-shelf and custom active video games for promotion of physical activity of persons post-stroke

Table 3 Comparisons of perceived exertion, enjoyment and ranking of preference between the study conditions

	Condition	Mean ± SD	RMANOVA		t-test with post hoc correction			MCID
	Condition	Mean ± SD	F	p value	Comparisons	t	p value	MCID
RPE (n = 14)	SOC	14.93 ± 1.98	_{(df: 1.74)} 3.887	0.041	SOC–VREP	2.795	0.023*	1.08^#
	VREP	13.71 ± 2.16			VREP–VRAN	1.223	0.122	1.56
	VRAN	12.79 ± 3.12			Kinect LR–VRAN	2.197	0.047*	1.56
	Kinect-LR	13.64 ± 3.13
PACES (n = 14)	SOC	79.71 ± 23.70	_{(df: 3)} 2.824	0.051	SOC–VREP	− 2.080	0.058	11.85
	VREP	85.79 ± 19.55			VREP–VRAN	-1.547	0.073	9.77
	VRAN	90.57 ± 16.64			Kinect LR–VRAN	− 2.454	0.043*	9.61
	Kinect-LR	81.07 ± 19.22
mPACES % (n = 14)	SOC	65.10 ± 20.59	_{(df: 2.18)} 3.349	0.046	SOC–VREP	− 1.458	0.084	10.3
	VREP	69.59 ± 13.38			VREP–VRAN	− 2.406	0.032*	7.51
	VRAN	76.12 ± 15.01			Kinect LR–VRAN	− 2.587	0.034*	8.84^#
	Kinect-LR	64.09 ± 17.68
Ranking preference (n = 12)	SOC	3.25 ± 1.14	_{(df: 3)} 4.591	0.009	SOC–VREP	3.386	0.009*	0.57^#
	VREP	2.08 ± 0.51			VREP–VRAN	1.173	0.133	0.43
	VRAN	1.75 ± 0.87			Kinect LR–VRAN	2.382	0.036*	0.62^#
	Kinect-LR	2.92 ± 1.24

RPE Borg rating scale of perceived exertion, PACES physical activity enjoyment scale, SOC standard of care, df degrees of freedom, Post hoc Holm's/Sidak correction for 3 comparisons; *comparison between the two conditions p < 0.05; ^#difference between conditions is clinically important > MCID

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