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. 2016 May 13;9:306–313. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.014

Table 4.

Correlation between baseline and change scores.

Passive movement
Active movement
Modified Ashworth scale
Correlation coefficient p-Value Correlation coefficient p-Value Correlation coefficient p-Value
Correlation between baseline and short-term change
Shoulder flexion 0.26 0.35 − 0.13 0.58 − 0.37 0.11
Shoulder abduction − 0.20 0.48 − 0.17 0.48 − 0.49 0.03
Elbow flexion − 0.17 0.54 − 0.62 0.004 − 0.46 0.04
Elbow extension − 0.86 < 0.001 − 0.19 0.42 − 0.87 < 0.001
Forearm pronation 0.43 0.11 − 0.13 0.60 − 0.75 < 0.001
Forearm supination 0.57 0.03 0.24 0.31 − 0.52 0.02
Wrist flexion 0.06 0.82 − 0.27 0.24 − 0.61 0.004
Wrist extension 0.19 0.49 0.08 0.75 − 0.35 0.13



Correlation between baseline and long-term change
Shoulder flexion 0.20 0.58 − 0.40 0.18 − 0.48 0.09
Shoulder abduction − 0.16 0.65 − 0.28 0.35 − 0.84 < 0.001
Elbow flexion − 0.01 0.99 − 0.58 0.04 − 0.04 0.88
Elbow extension − 0.70 0.03 − 0.18 0.55 − 0.85 < 0.001
Forearm pronation − 0.18 0.62 − 0.65 0.017 − 0.47 0.10
Forearm supination − 0.13 0.72 − 0.18 0.55 − 0.67 0.013
Wrist flexion − 0.37 0.29 − 0.68 0.011 − 0.50 0.08
Wrist extension − 0.18 0.63 − 0.22 0.47 − 0.39 0.19

Spearman's correlation for passive and active movement and modified Ashworth score between pre-injection baseline (T0) and short-term change (T1–T0), and baseline and long-term change (T3–T0).