Table 3.
Mean (SD) values of the parameters describing hand movement
| CONTROL | STROKE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thumb | Long Fingers | Thumb | Long Fingers | |||||
| MCPJ | IPJ | MCPJ | IPJ | MCPJ | IPJ | MCPJ | IPJ | |
| ROM [deg] | 61.1 (23.8) |
64.0 (24.4) |
90.3 (12.7) |
109.1 (12.5) |
25.8*** (18.4) |
40.5** (20.0) |
50.4*** (20.4) |
64.5*** (27.7) |
| §§§ | §§ | § | ||||||
| Max. ext. angle [deg] | 143.0 (14.6) |
188.8 (16.8) |
186.7 (8.1) |
189.5 (8.7) |
116.6*** (22.6) |
180.4 (18.2) |
166.7*** (17.0) |
159.5*** (26.8) |
| §§§ | §§§ | |||||||
| Max. Flex. Angle [deg] | 81.7 (16.4) |
125.2 (20.5) |
96.6 (11.2) |
80.4 (7.7) |
90.7 (17.5) |
139.6* (18.8) |
116.3*** (13.1) |
95.0*** (12.8) |
| §§§ | §§§ | §§§ | §§ | |||||
| Vpk - Hand Opening [deg/s] | 191.5 (98.8) |
272.8 (146.5) |
354.2 (181.1) |
490.4 (228.4) |
22.7*** (23.6) |
16.5*** (23.5) |
34.6*** (20.8) |
40.7*** (30.9) |
| §§ | §§§ | |||||||
| Vpk - Hand Closing [deg/s] | 184.1 (109.4) |
189.3 (103.4) |
279.2 (146.7) |
437.7 (172.5) |
50.4*** (48.9) |
41.5*** (35.4) |
51.7*** (31.8) |
83.5*** (55.1) |
| §§§ | §§ | |||||||
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (STROKE vs CONTROL, Mann-Whitney U test).
§p < 0.05, §§p < 0.01, §§§p < 0.001 (MCPJ vs IPJ, Wilcoxon matched pairs test).