Table 3.
Clinical results in the control and home-based rehabilitation groups during the experiment.
| Characteristic | Control group (n=6) | HBRa group (n=17) | |||||||
| 0 weeks, mean (SD) | 6 weeks, mean (SD) | 12 weeks, mean (SD) | P valueb | 0 weeks, mean (SD) | 6 weeks, mean (SD) | 12 weeks, mean (SD) | P valueb | ||
| Functional assessment test |
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WMFTc | 38.8 (25.6) |
40.3 (25.7) |
42.2 (22.8) |
.69 | 39.7 (22.7) |
40.5 (23.6) |
42.5 (23.7) |
.02 |
|
|
FMA-UEd | 29.0 (14.2) |
30.0 (14.2) |
28.5 (16.1 |
.72 | 36.6 (18.7) |
37.5 (18.4) |
38.5 (18.3) |
.46 |
|
|
Grip power (kg) | 11.7 (11.6) |
11.0 (10.4) |
10.9 (10.3) |
.47 | 13.3 (12.7) |
12.9 (12.0) |
14.8 (12.1) |
.34 |
| BDIe | 24.2 (11.2) |
10.0 (8.6) |
8.8 (7.2) |
.11 | 17.9 (14.7) |
10.0 (8.8) |
8.0 (9.9) |
.06 | |
| Shoulder ROMf |
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Flexion | 82.0 (59.1) |
90.6 (65.3) |
87.5 (61.0) |
.21 | 74.5 (45.3) |
93.9 (52.3) |
94.7 (48.9) |
<.001 |
|
|
Extension | 40.8 (19.6) |
29.5 (18.9) |
32.8 (20.4) |
.38 | 28.7 (21.0) |
31.5 (16.2) |
34.7 (19.9) |
.16 |
|
|
Internal rotation | 50.8 (31.2) |
48.5 (28.6) |
57.3 (32.0) |
.03 | 50.4 (24.5) |
70.3 (28.3) |
63.5 (26.9) |
.001 |
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External rotation | 23.4 (28.1) |
23.6 (30.0) |
26.6 (27.7) |
.76 | 16.8 (17.7) |
15.4 (18.1) |
16.9 (18.4) |
.20 |
aHBR: home-based rehabilitation.
bOverall P values were calculated with the Friedman test.
cWMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test.
dFMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Upper Extremity.
eBDI: Beck Depression Inventory.
fROM: range of motion.