Table 1.
Overview of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment
| FMA: Total§ sh/e§ w/h§ |
Baseline | Post- therapy |
Difference† | Follow up (6 mt) |
Difference‡ | Total change |
R2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1: Total | 21 | 38.6 | +17.6 | 50 | +11.4 | +29 | 0.943 | 0.001* |
| sh/e | 20 | 24.0 | +4.0 | 28 | +4.0 | +8 | ||
| w/h | 1 | 14.6 | +13.6 | 22 | +7.4 | +21 | ||
| S2: Total | 24 | 27.1 | +3.1 | 29 | +1.9 | +5 | 0.800 | 0.041* |
| sh/e | 21 | 23.1 | +2.1 | 24 | +0.9 | +3 | ||
| w/h | 3 | 4.0 | +1.0 | 5 | +1.0 | +2 | ||
| S3: Total | 11 | 17.8 | +6.8 | 19 | +1.2 | +8 | 0.908 | 0.003* |
| sh/e | 10 | 15.8 | + 5.8 |
18 | +2.2 | +8 | ||
| w/h | 1 | 2.0 | +1.0 | 1 | -1.0 | +0 | ||
| S4: Total | 10 | 12.1 | +2.1 | 13 | +0.9 | +3 | 0.408 | 0.172 |
| sh/e | 10 | 12.1 | +2.1 | 12 | -0.1 | +2 | ||
| w/h | 0 | 0 | +0 | 1 | +1.0 | +1 |
Note: An increase in score indicates improvement. S1 - S4 means subject 1 to 4.
§Fugl-Meyer (FMA), total score, maximum = 66; score for shoulder/elbow (sh/e), max. = 36; score for wrist/hand (w/h), max. = 30
†Difference of score between baseline and post-test.
‡Difference of score between post-test and follow up.
*Indicate significant p-values < 0.05