Table 7.
Comprehensive function assessment of the affected upper limb before and immediately after median nerve electrical stimulation, M (P25, P75).
| Outcomes | 1 week before immediately |
p valueP | 2 weeks before immediately |
p valueP | 3 weeks before immediately |
Pp value | 4 weeks before immediately |
p valueP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMA-UE | 6.5 (4, 9) | p < 0.0001P < 0.0001 | 11 (8, 13.75) | 0.243 | 19 (16, 22) | 0.039 | 20 (16, 23.75) | 0.004 |
| 12 (12, 14.75) | 11 (10, 13.75) | 20 (16, 23.75) | 28 (21.25, 32) | |||||
| FTHUE-HK | 1 (1, 2) | p < 0.0001P < 0.0001 | 3 (2, 3) | 0.068 | 3 (3, 4) | 0.035 | 4 (4, 4.75) | 0.129 |
| 3 (2, 3) | 3 (3, 3) | 4 (3, 4) | 4 (4, 5) | |||||
| Brunnstrom | 2 (1, 2) | p < 0.0001P < 0.0001 | 2 (2, 2) | 0.140 | 2 (2, 3) | 0.102 | 3 (2.25, 4) | 0.705 |
| 3 (3, 3) | 2 (2, 3) | 3 (2, 3) | 3 (3, 3) | |||||
| Hand Function | 1 (1, 2) | p < 0.0001P < 0.0001 | 2 (2, 3) | 0.138 | 2 (2, 3) | 0.417 | 3 (3, 3) | 0.152 |
| 3 (2, 3) | 3 (2, 3) | 3 (2, 3) | 3 (3, 4) | |||||
| Barthel Index | 20 (15, 25) | p < 0.0001P < 0.0001 | 32.5 (25, 40) | 0.003 | 40 (35, 45) | 0.252 | 40 (35, 50) | 0.104 |
| 35 (31.25, 47.5) | 35 (30, 40) | 40 (40, 45) | 47.5 (40, 55) |
FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment of upper extremity, FTHUE-HK: Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity. Pp value: before the intervention versus after the intervention immediately.