Table 2.
Maximum voluntary isometric contraction testing (MVICT) change from baseline at 6 months.
| Valproic acid (n = 16) | Placebo (n = 17) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change from base | N | Mean | SD | Median | N | Mean | SD | Median | P-value |
| Elbow extensors | 12 | −0.01 | 0.49 | −0.01 | 14 | −0.09 | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.8100 |
| Elbow flexors | 14 | −0.20 | 1.31 | 0.24 | 16 | 0.09 | 1.21 | −0.04 | 0.5396 |
| Upper extremity | 14 | −0.24 | 1.17 | −0.20 | 16 | −0.01 | 1.05 | 0.05 | 0.5704 |
| Knee extensors | 11 | 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.06 | 13 | 0.01 | 0.64 | −0.18 | 0.7114 |
| Knee flexors | 12 | −0.09 | 1.34 | −0.43 | 16 | −0.19 | 1.58 | 0.06 | 0.8508 |
| Lower extremity | 13 | −0.02 | 0.65 | −0.04 | 16 | 0.35 | 1.30 | 0.10 | 0.3674 |
| Grip | 14 | 1.45 | 4.77 | 0.17 | 16 | −0.34 | 3.47 | 0.01 | 0.2462 |
| Total MVICT | 14 | −0.46 | 2.99 | 0.10 | 16 | 0.03 | 1.55 | 0.01 | 0.5708 |