Table 2.
Outcome | Baseline | Active
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Baseline | Sham
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End | 1 month | p value | End | 1 month | p value | |||
JTTper (%) | 40.7 ± 35.7 | 46.1 ± 37.3 | 52.9 ± 31.9 | 0.03 | 44.4 ± 39.4 | 46.3 ± 38.6 | 50.3 ± 40.4 | 0.46 |
PF (N) | 0.27 ± 0.23 | 0.31 ± 0.23 | 0.32 ± 0.32 | 0.008 | 0.29 ± 0.28 | 0.33 ± 0.31 | 0.34 ± 0.27 | 0.441 |
AS | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–3) | 0.549 | 0 (0–3) | 0.5 (0–2) | 0.5 (0–3) | 0.846 |
FM (UL) | 108 (61–123) | 114 (59–123) | 111 (62–120) | 0.038 | 97.5 (50–119) | 105.5 (58–121) | 107.5 (49–125) | 0.001 |
MRS | 3 (2–4) | 3 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 0.016 | 3 (0–4) | 3 (0–4) | 3 (0–5) | 0.037 |
Means ± standard deviations, or medians (ranges) are shown. Friedman’s tests were performed
End At end of treatment, 1 month 1 month after end of treatment JTTper Jebsen–Taylor test (% affected hand/unaffected hand), PF pinch force of the paretic hand, N Newtons, FM (UL) Fugl-Meyer (upper limb, total score; maximum = 126), AS Ashworth Scale, MRS Modified Rankin Scale
p-values ≤ 0.05 are highlighted in bold