Table 2.
Changes in outcome measures following robot-assisted hand training
| Outcome measures | Subject 1 | Subject 2 | Subject 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Endpoint | % Change | Baseline | Endpoint | % Change | Baseline | Endpoint | % Change | |
| Line Crossing Test (0–36) | 30 | 32 | 6.7 | 19 | 36 | 89.5 | 20 | 36 | 80.0 |
| (An omission of 2 lines is pathologic) | |||||||||
| Left | 12 | 14 | 16.7 | 6 | 18 | 200.0 | 10 | 18 | 80.0 |
| Right | 18 | 18 | 0.0 | 13 | 18 | 38.5 | 10 | 18 | 80.0 |
| Bells Test (0–35) | 29 | 26 | −10.3 | 20 | 30 | 50.0 | 21 | 21 | 0.0 |
| (A difference of 5 between right and left is pathologic) | |||||||||
| Left | 11 | 8 | −27.3 | 4 | 12 | 200.0 | 9 | 8 | −11.1 |
| Right | 17 | 17 | 0.0 | 15 | 17 | 13.3 | 11 | 12 | 9.1 |
| Sentence Reading Test (0–12) | 0 | 8 | 800.0 | 7 | 11 | 57.1 | 7 | 10 | 42.9 |
| (A score <12 is pathologic) | |||||||||
| Saccadic Training | |||||||||
| Left (msec) | 7252 | 2698 | −62.8 | 2411 | 2038 | −15.5 | 5726 | 5169 | −9.7 |
| Right (msec) | 2575 | 2054 | −20.2 | 1062 | 1446 | 36.2 | 3330 | 5541 | 66.4 |
| Asymmetry (%) | −47.59 | −13.55 | −71.5 | −38.84 | −16.99 | −56.3 | −26.46 | 3.47 | −113.1 |
| Sustained Attention to Response Task | |||||||||
| Reaction time (msec) | 511 | 406 | −20.5 | 452 | 426 | −5.8 | 612 | 551 | −10.0 |
| Incorrect responses (0–24) | 11 | 12 | 9.1 | 14 | 8 | −42.9 | 15 | 4 | −73.3 |
| Purdue Pegboard Test (number of correctly placed pins) | |||||||||
| Left hand | 2 | 1 | −50.0 | 4 | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Right hand | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 13 | 8.3 | 4 | 7 | 75.0 |
| Both hands | 0 | 3 | 300.0 | 6 | 10 | 66.7 | 4 | 7 | 75.0 |
| Left hand + right hand + both hands | 3 | 6 | 100.0 | 22 | 28 | 27.3 | 8 | 14 | 75.0 |
| Assembly | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 25.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 |