Table 2.
Follow-up data for each study group
| Parameter | Group A | Group B | Group C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music cued motor imagery | Metronome cued motor imagery | Control group | |
| MFIS total score (points) | |||
| At follow-upa | 28 (0, 53) | 20 (3, 50) | 29 (0, 46) |
| Participants with fatigue (MFIS total score ≥38) | 2/10 | 2/10 | 2/10 |
| Change to baselinea | −9.5 (−31, 5) | −13 (−28, 7) | −3 (−17, 4) |
| T25FW (seconds) | |||
| At follow-upb | 5.2 (3.6, 6.7) | 4.5 (3.7, 5.2) | 5.5 (4.5, 6.6) |
| Change to baselineb | −0.9 (−1.3, −0.5) | −0.9 (−1.3, −0.5) | 0.4 (−0.3, 1.1) |
| Effect sizec | 1.27 (0.26, 2.17) | 1.27 (0.26, 2.17) | |
| Participants with clinically significant improvement (≥20 %)d | 3/10 | 3/10 | 0/10 |
| 30 % (7, 65 %) | 30 % (7, 65 %) | 0 % (0) | |
| 6MWT (metres) | |||
| At follow-upb | 521.1 (428.8, 613.5) | 521.1 (454.1, 588.0) | 475.3 (384.9, 565.8) |
| Change to baselineb | 68.1 (51.4, 84.7) | 92.9 (55.2, 130.5) | −9.4 (−35.6, 16.9) |
| Effect sizec | 1.91 (0.79, 2.88) | 1.72 (0.64, 2.67) | |
| Participants with clinically significant improvement (≥20 %)d | 2/10 | 6/10 | 0/10 |
| 20 % (2, 56 %) | 60 % (26, 88 %) | 0 % (0) | |
With walking speed (T25FW), improvement is indicated by a minus and worsening by a plus; with walking distance (6MWT), improvement is indicated by a plus and worsening by a minus
T25FW Timed 25-Foot Walk, 6MWT 6-Minute Walk Test
aMedian (range)
bMean (95 % confidence interval)
cCohen’s d, with 95 % confidence interval, based on corrected estimates of pooled standard deviation for 80 % of trials [52]
dPercentage (95 % confidence interval)