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. 2014 Apr 30;11:76. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-76

Table 2.

Outcome measures overview a

 
Baseline measure
Change in outcome measure pre- to post-training
Repeated measures ANOVA
P Between Training types
P pre-to-post training
Outcome Measure   MGL TTE ITR   MGL vs TTE MGL vs ITR ITR vs TTE MGL TTE ITR
Box and Block Test (blocks/min)
28.4 ± 15.8
3.21 ± 3.82
-.29 ± 2.27
.083 ± 4.75
.071
.010b
.092
.440
.009b
.384
.477
Arm Motor Fugl-Meyer (out of 66)
53.2 ± 7.29
.875 ± 3.19
.750 ± 2.14
1.83 ± 2.37
.571
.460
.220
.184
.191
.134
.013
Wolf Motor Score
2.87 ± .290
.101 ± .141
.040 ± .079
.056 ± .127
.466
.155
.269
.350
.014b
.061
.088
Wolf Motor Time (seconds)
13.4 ± 11.5
-1.58 ± 3.13
-1.38 ± 3.05
-2.29 ± 3.84
3.83
.447
.253
.274
.061
.081
.037
Action Research Arm Test
38.1 ± 14.8
.875 ± 2.85
.167 ± 4.12
1.41 ± 3.44
.223
.344
.367
.277
.166
.448
.100
9-Hole Peg (Pegs-minute)
7.10 ± 6.45
2.14 ± 2.98
-.855 ± 1.29
1.47 ± 4.55
0.011b
.005b
.370
.069
.015b
.026
.153
Key pinch (kg force)
3.90 ± 1.85
0.417 ± 2.17
-.200 ± 3.41
.754 ± 1.06
.646
.341
.353
.203
.269
.425
.019
Index pincer (kg force)
1.55 ± .880
.146 ± .463
.092 ± .672
.200 ± .347
.881
.419
.373
.345
.160
.330
.041
Middle pincer (kg force)
1.68 ± 1.02
-.007 ± .686
.154 ± .668
.344 ± .712
.714
.322
.134
.238
.487
.230
.069
Ring pincer (kg force)
1.09 ± .871
.039 ± .414
.183 ± .783
.311 ± .763
.644
.340
.135
.380
.380
.227
.102
Little pincer (kg force) .601 ± .641 -.108 ± .240 .100 ± .537 .175 ± .667 .899 .175 .100 .415 .081 .275 .201

Abbreviations:MGL, MusicGlove; ITR, IsoTrainer; TTE, Tabletop exercises (control).

aValues are given as means ± standard deviations.

bP < .05/3.