. 2022 Jan 4;2022:9455428. doi: 10.1155/2022/9455428

Table 4.

Comparison of MAS in different groups of patients before and after treatment.

Group	Cases	Elbow		Wrist		Finger
Group	Cases	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Control group	60	2 (2-2)	2 (2-3)	2 (1-2)	2 (2-3)	1.5 (1-2)	2 (2-3)
NMES group	60	2 (2-2)	3 (2-3)^∗^a	1.5 (1-2)	2.5 (2-3)^∗^a	2 (1-2)	3 (2-3)^∗^a
rTMS group	60	2 (2-2)	3 (3-3.5)^∗^a	2 (1-2)	3 (2-3)^∗^a	2 (1-2)	3 (2-3)^∗^a
NMES+rTMS group	60	2 (2-2)	3 (3-4)^∗^abc	2 (1-2)	3 (2.5-3)^∗^abc	2 (1-2)	3 (2-4)^∗^abc
H		1.543	32.082	2.477	32.879	1.483	29.294
P		0.672	0.001	0.479	0.001	0.686	0.001

^∗ P < 0.05 vs. before treatment; ^aP < 0.05 vs. control group; ^bP < 0.05 vs. NMES group; ^cP < 0.05 vs. rTMS group.