Table 2.

Statistical interpretation of functional score changes between defined times of observation.

HRC	Group 1/2 *	Group 1/3 *	Group 1/4 *	Group 2/3 *	Group 2/4 *	Group 3/4 *
	FIM Score
3	0.027	0.002	0.001	0.073	0.032	0.171
4	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.025	<0.000	0.029
5	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.004	<0.000	0.023
6	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.001	<0.000	0.018
7	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.001	<0.000	0.006
8	0.014	0.006	0.002	0.126	0.064	0.298
HRC	BI
3	0.024	0.003	0.001	0.093	0.032	0.103
4	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.023	<0.000	0.048
5	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.007	<0.000	0.020
6	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.008
7	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	<0.000	0.003
8	0.016	0.002	<0.000	0.194	0.040	0.285

HRC, homozygous recessive characteristics; FIM, Functional Independence Measure; BI, Barthel Index; *, Mann–Whitney U test.