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. 2021 Dec 29;7:20. doi: 10.1186/s42234-021-00081-9

Table 4.

Significant changes from admission to discharge for the combined analysis of shoulder-elbow kinematic and kinetic data *

SHOULDER-ELBOW
Robotic Task Metric

Admission to Discharge

(raw result [95% CI])

P value
Unconstrained trained reaching macro-metrics Deviation (m) .007 [.004 to .010] < ·001*
Mean Speed (m/s) .009 [.0002 to 0.019] ·03
Speed shape .035 [.022 to .048] ·001*
Jerk (m/s3) 45.907 [6.811 to 99.157] ·006*
Unconstrained trained reaching micro-metrics Submovement number .804 [.033 to 1.595] ·02
Submovement duration (s) .050 [.024 to .078] < ·001*
Submovement overlap (s) .024 [.010 to .040] < ·001*
Unconstrained untrained circle drawing Circle ratio .085 [.056 to .114] < ·001*
Joint independence .091 [.063 to .122] < ·001*
Minor axis (m) .015 [.010 to .020] < ·001*
Reaching against resistance Maximum displacement (m) .008 [.004 to .012] < ·001*
Overall aim (radians) .068 [.026 to .110] < ·001*
Isometric stabilization Scatter (m) .002 [−.00006 to .004] < ·001*
Offset (m) .004 [.002 to .007] < ·001*
S/E kinetic evaluation Shoulder strength (N) 5.075 [2.080 to 8.092] ·001*

Note: S/E shoulder-elbow, * indicates significance at p < 0.0167