Table 2.
Variables | Stroke group (n = 28) affected arm |
Control group (n = 41) non-dominant arm |
p-value | Effect size |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total movement time, s | 22.42 (8.57) | 12.66 (1.97) | < 0.001 | 0.72 |
Time for Peg Grip, s | 0.59 (0.33) | 0.22 (0.09) | < 0.001 | 0.72 |
Time for Peg Transfer, s | 0.61 (0.15) | 0.44 (0.07) | < 0.001 | 0.65 |
Time for Peg In Hole, s | 0.85 (0.55) | 0.40 0.12) | < 0.001 | 0.61 |
Time for Hand Return, s | 0.57 (0.1) | 0.42 (0.05) | < 0.001 | 0.58 |
Grasp-Reach ratio | 1.18 (0.57) | 0.73 (0.21) | < 0.001 | 0.57 |
Peak speed Peg Transfer, s | 0.59 (0.13) | 0.76 (0.10) | < 0.001 | 0.61 |
Peak speed Hand Return, s | 0.71 (0.17) | 0.87 (0.09) | < 0.001 | 0.48 |
Time to peak speed Peg Transfer, s | 0.23 (0.05) | 0.17 (0.02) | < 0.001 | 0.68 |
Time to peak speed Hand Return, s | 0.29 (0.08) | 0.23 (0.03) | < 0.001 | 0.42 |
NMU for Peg Transfer, n | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.1 (0.2) | < 0.001 | 0.57 |
NMU for Hand Return, n | 1.5 (0.4) | 1.1 (0.1) | < 0.001 | 0.44 |
Path ratio Peg Transfer | 1.24 (0.08) | 1.21 (0.04) | NS | |
Path ratio Hand Return | 1.17 (0.09) | 1.12 (0.04) | < 0.001 | 0.32 |
Trunk displacement for Peg Transfer, ° | 3.5 (2.0) | 2.1 (0.5) | < 0.001 | 0.50 |
Trunk displacement for Hand Return, ° | 3.8 (2.5) | 2.3 (0.5) | < 0.001 | 0.43 |
Acromion displacement, mm | 37.9 (19.3) | 22.2 (9.3) | < 0.001 | 0.42 |
aResults are reported as mean (standard deviation). NMU number of movement units