Table 2.

Description of functional scales per group and assessment time point after injury induction and results of comparative tests.

Variable/Group	Evaluation schedule				p-group	p-moment	p-interaction
	2-days	2-weeks	4-weeks	6-weeks
BMS					< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Control
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	1.1 ± 0.6	2 ± 0	2.8 ± 0.5
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	1 (0–2)	2 (2–2)	3 (2–3)
GM1
Mean ± DP	0.1 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.5	3.1 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.5
Median (min–max)	0 (0–1)	2 (1–2)	3 (3–4)	5 (4–5)
Erythropoietin
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	1.8 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.7
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	2 (1–3)	2 (2–3)	3 (2–4)
GM1+Erythropoietin
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	1.5 ± 0.9	3.4 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 0.6
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	1,5 (0–3)	3 (3–4)	4 (3–5)
MFS					< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Control
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	0.9 ± 0.4	2 ± 0.8	2.6 ± 0.5
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	1 (0–1)	2 (1–3)	3 (2–3)
GM1
Mean ± DP	0.1 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.5	4 ± 0.5	6.8 ± 0.7
Median (min–max)	0 (0–1)	2 (1–2)	4 (3–5)	7 (5–7)
Erythropoietin
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	1.9 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.7	4.3 ± 0.5
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	2 (1–3)	2 (2–4)	4 (4–5)
GM1+Erythropoietin
Mean ± DP	0 ± 0	1.8 ± 1	4.4 ± 0.7	5.4 ± 0.7
Median (min–max)	0 (0–0)	2 (0–3)	4.5 (3–5)	5.5 (4–6)

EEG with normal distribution and identity binding function with AR (1) correlation matrix between moments.