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Table 1 Changes in clinical outcome measures

From: Reaching exercise for chronic paretic upper extremity after stroke using a novel rehabilitation robot with arm-weight support and concomitant electrical stimulation and vibration: before-and-after feasibility trial

Patient

Pre-intervention

After 2 weeks intervention

 

UE-FMA scores

Shoulder–elbow FMA

Wrist–hand FMA

ARAT scores

UE-FMA scores

Shoulder–elbow FMA

Wrist–hand FMA

ARAT scores

1

58

37

21

42

62

39

23

52

2

34

28

6

25

36

29

7

25

3

52

34

18

44

56

35

21

51

4

49

31

18

43

51

31

20

51

5

55

31

24

22

58

34

24

30

6

21

18

3

3

25

20

5

8

Mean

44.8

29.8

15.0

29.8

48.0*

31.3*

16.7*

36.2*

SD

14.4

6.6

8.5

16.3

14.4

6.5

8.4

18.1

  1. UE-FMA upper extremity component of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment, ARAT Action Research Arm Test, SD standard deviation
  2. *p value of < 0.05, compared post 2-week intervention with pre-intervention using Wilcoxon signed-rank test
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