Table 3.
Clinical evaluations at pre- and post-training between two groups.
| Experimental group | Control group |
Between-Group Difference in Change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Pre | Posta | Change | Pre | Posta | Change | P b |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean (LB; UB) 95%CI | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean (LB; UB) 95%CI | ||
| MAS | 1.30 ± 0.48 | 0.90 ± 0.57* | −0.4 (−0.77;−0.03) | 1.10 ± 0.32 | 1.00 ± 0.47 | −0.10 (−0.33;0.13) | 0.131 |
| FM-LE | 26.50 ± 5.36 | 29.30 ± 4.42** | 2.8 (1.50;4.10) | 24.80 ± 7.25 | 27.60 ± 6.31** | 2.80 (1.02;4.58) | 0.587 |
| BBS | 41.40 ± 13.74 | 45.00 ± 13.87* | 3.60 (0.28;6.93) | 43.40 ± 10.23 | 46.70 ± 9.93** | 3.30 (1.33;5.27) | 0.644 |
| MBI | 59.50 ± 15.89 | 75.00 ± 14.14** | 15.50 (8.06;22.93) | 75.50 ± 19.21 | 80.00 ± 17.95* | 4.50 (0.56;8.44) | 0.015 |
SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; MAS, Modified Ashworth Scale; FMA-LE, Fugl-Meyer Motor Assessment of Lower Extremity; BBS, Berg Balance Scale; PASS, Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients; 6 MWT, 6-minute walk test; MBI, Modified Barthel.
a
Comparison between pre- and post-training values in each group with Wilcoxon signed rank test:
*
P < 0.05,
**
P < 0.01.
b
P values indicate significance level of between-group differences in change with Mann-Whitney U test: according to the Bonferroni correction, ***P < 0.0025.