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. 2015 May 21;10(5):e0126948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126948

Table 6. Summary of the comparison between data of patients and healthy subjects.

Assessment Patients in comparison with healthy subjects
ROM Dominant arm: aROM: 81%; pROM: 95%.
Non-dominant arm: aROM: 67%; pROM: 90%.
WORKSPACE Dominant arm: cubic volume: 79%.
Non-dominant arm: cubic volume: 73%.
QOM Dominant arm: D-P ratio to target: 102%; D-P ratio to start: 101%; time to target: 129%; time to start: 125%; number of peaks to target: 115%; number of peaks to start: 168%; precision: 85%.
Non-dominant arm: D-P ratio to target: 93%; D-P ratio to start: 99%; time to target: 84%; time to start: 107%; number of peaks to target: 69%; number of peaks to start: 72%; precision: 88%.
STRENGTH Dominant arm: Joint torques between 23% (hand opening) and 97% (elbow flexion).
Non-dominant arm: Joint torques between 8% (hand closing) and 97% (supination).
RPM Dominant arm: The difference between joint stiffness in the patients’ arms (mean: 0.49 Nm/rad) and the healthy subjects (mean: 0.34 Nm/rad) is 0.15 Nm/rad.
Non-dominant arm: The difference between joint stiffness in the patients’ arms (mean: 0.72 Nm/rad) and the healthy subjects (mean: -0.08 Nm/rad) is 0.80 Nm/rad.

For D-P ratio, time to start/target, number of peaks and precision a value below 100% indicates a better performance of the patients while for ROM, cubic volume and joint torque a value below 100% indicates a better performance of the healthy subjects.