Bimanual motor skill learning with robotics in chronic stroke: comparison between minimally impaired and moderately impaired patients, and healthy individuals

Table 3 Hand dexterity and grip force

Task of generalization	Variable	Hand	Day	HIs	Group 1	Group 2
				Means ± SD	Means ± SD	Means ± SD
REACHING	biSAT(a.u.)	Bimanual	D1	2.7 ± 0.8	2.5 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.6
	biSAT(a.u.)	Bimanual	D3	4.0 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.6
	biCO (a.u.)	Bimanual	D1	0.28 ± 0.07	0.30 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.04
	biCO (a.u.)	Bimanual	D3	0.38 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.03	0.38 ± 0.05
	biFOP (N)	Bimanual	D1	0.4 ± 0.3	0.5 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.1
			D3	1.1 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.2
CLINICAL SCALES	BBT	Non-paretic / Dominant	D1	70 ± 10	65 ± 6	58 ± 9
		Non-paretic / Dominant	D3	75 ± 10	68 ± 6	62 ± 10
		Paretic / Non-dominant	D1	68 ± 10	59 ± 10	24 ± 18
		Paretic / Non-dominant	D3	74 ± 11	62 ± 9	25 ± 19
	GF	Non-paretic / Dominant	D1	34 ± 12	30 ± 11	33 ± 9
		Non-paretic / Dominant	D3	34 ± 12	29 ± 9	35 ± 10
		Paretic/ Non-dominant	D1	33 ± 10	28 ± 10	18 ± 7
		Paretic/ Non-dominant	D3	33 ± 10	28 ± 8	18 ± 7

BBT Box and Block Test, GF grip force with Jamar Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer®, D1: Day 1, D3: Day 3

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