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. 2018 Jul 6;6:e5142. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5142

Table 4. Comparative analysis of the primary outcomes.

Measure Group Mean ± SD Mean difference (95% CI); effect size (d)
Electrodermal activity (µS) Pre’-Pre 1st I-Pre 2nd I-Pre Post-2nd I (a) (Pre’-Pre) vs. (1st I-Pre)
(b) (Pre’-Pre) vs. (2nd I-Pre)
(c) (2nd I-Pre) vs. (Post-2ndI)
MI −0.09 ± 0.22 0.13 ± 0.31 0.24 ± 0.56 0.10 ± 0.21 (a) −0.23* (−0.46 to −0.02); d =  − 0.81
(b) −0.33* (−0.63 to −0.03); d =  − 0.77
(c) 0.13 (−0.07 to 0.34); d = 0.33
MI  + AO −0.06 ± 0.12 0.17 ± 0.26 0.23 ± 0.34 0.08 ± 0.11 (a) −0.24* (−0.47 to −0.19); d =  − 1.13
(b) −0.30* (−0.60 to −0.04); d =  − 1.13
(c) 0.15 (−0.05 to 0.36); d = 0.59
CG 0.06 ± 0.16 −0.12 ± 0.19 −0.15 ± 0.19 0.00 ± 0.10 (a) 0.18 (−0.04 to 0.40); d = 1.02
(b) 0.21 (−0.09 to 0.51); d = 1.19
(c) −0.15 (−0.36 to 0.05); d =  − 0.98
Mean difference (95% CI); effect size (d) MI vs. MI + AO −0.02 (−0.18 to 0.13); d =  − 0.16 −0.04 (−0.28 to 0.20); d =  − 0.14 0.00 (−0.36 to 0.37); d = 0.02 0.02 (−0.11 to 0.16); d = 0.11
MI vs. CG −0.15 (−0.3 to 0.07); d =  − 0.78 0.25* (0.01 to 0.49); d = 0.97 0.39* (0.03 to 0.76); d = 0.93 −0.10 (−0.03 to 0.24); d = 0.60
MI  + AO vs. CG −0.13 (−0.29 to 0.32); d =  − 0.84 0.29* (0.06 to 0.54); d = 1.27 0.39* (0.02 to 0.75); d = 1.38 0.08 (−0.05 to 0.22); d = 0.76

Notes.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

TITLE

SD
Standard Deviation
vs.
versus
(Pre’-Pre)
Pre-Intervention Differences
(1stI-Pre)
Differences between First Intervention and Pre-Intervention
(2ndI-Pre)
Differences between Second Intervention and Pre-Intervention
(Post- 2ndI)
Differences between Post-Intervention and Second Intervention
MI
Motor Imagery
MI  + AO
Motor Imagery and Action Observation
CG
Control Group
µS
Microsiemens