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Table 3 Linear model. Effect of the intervention on FMA-UE (Total Motor Function, Wrist and Hand) and ARAT scores

From: Can specific virtual reality combined with conventional rehabilitation improve poststroke hand motor function? A randomized clinical trial

Intervention group

Difference between baseline and follow-up

 

Baseline mean (SD)

Postintervention mean (SD)

Follow-up mean (SD)

Mean (CI95%)

ANOVA

F

p

Partial η2

FMA-UE (Total Motor Function) (T score)

       

 Experimental group

23.3 (6.9)

57.7 (4.7)

58.8 (5.9)

− 35.5 (− 38.9/− 32.0)*

   

 Control group

22.7 (5.4)

47.0 (6.1)

49.3 (6.3)

− 26.6 (− 29.1/− 24.2)*

17.5

0.000

0.300

 p

0.722

0.000

0.000

    

FMA-UE (Total Wrist) (T score)

       

 Experimental group

3.4 (1.9)

9.0 (1.0)

9.0 (1.0)

− 5.6 (− 6.4/− 4.8)*

   

 Control group

3.2 (1.7)

6.8 (1.2)

6.9 (1.3)

− 3.7 (− 4.5/− 2.8)*

16.7

0.000

0.290

 p

0.688

0.000

0.000

    

FMA-UE (Total Hand) (T score)

       

 Experimental group

3.9 (2.4)

12.8 (1.0)

12.8 (1.0)

− 8.9 (− 10.1/− 7.6)*

   

 Control group

3.5 (1.9)

10.0 (2.2)

10.0 (2.2)

− 6.3 (− 7.6/− 5.0)*

17.9

0.000

0.299

 p

0.547

0.000

0.000

    

ARAT (T score)

       

 Experimental group

13.2 (11.7)

46.0 (9.0)

46.0 (9.0)

− 32.8 (− 40.1/− 25.5)*

   

 Control group

11.5 (10.6)

29.3 (10.5)

29.7 (10.6)

− 17.4 (− 24.7/− 10.0)*

19.3

0.000

0.321

 p

0.609

0.000

0.000

    
  1. SD standard deviation, 95% CI 95% confidence interval. Partial η2: effect size
  2. *The difference in means is significant at p = 0.000