Table 2. Comparison of functional and strength related assessments between groups.

	Control (n=17)		Experimental (n=16)		p*
	Median	IQR 25th-75th	Median IQR 25th-75th
Fugl-Meyer Assessment
Baseline	51	49-54	51	50-53	0,958
At the end of treatment	57	55-58	56,5	55,5-59	0,606
Follow-up	61	57-62	60	58-62	0,845
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		<0.001†		<0.001†
		<0.0011‡		<0.0011‡
		0.001¶		0.001¶
Box and Block Test
Baseline	28	21-31	24,5	16-30,5	0,606
At the end of treatment	36	27-42	41	22,5-49	0,488
Follow-up	38	34-49	48	31.5-55.5	0,191
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		<0.001†		<0.001†
		<0.0011‡		<0.0011‡
		0.015¶		0.001¶
Nine Hole Peg Test
Baseline	60	45.3-136.3	143,2	53,5-195	0,309
At the end of treatment	34,5	28.8-59.9	48,7	30,4-95	0,488
Follow-up	32,5	27.3-70.6	40,4	25.3-90.0	0,683
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		<0.001†		<0.001†
		<0.0011‡		<0.0011‡
		0.653¶		0.001¶
Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test
Baseline	105,2	69-134.8)	119,3	91.1-213.5	0,326
At the end of treatment	56,5	46.9-106.2	62,6	44.9-109.7	0,845
Follow-up	56,8	44.9-91.2	49,1	39.1-86.2	0,465
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		<0.001†		<0.001†
		<0.0011‡		<0.0011‡
		0.619¶		p3<0.001¶
Pinch strength
Baseline	4	3-5	4	2-6	0,817
At the end of treatment	5	4-6	5,5	3,5-8	0,276
Follow-up	5	4-7	6,5	5-11	0,157
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		0.034†		0.004†
		0.0021‡		<0.0011‡
		0.016¶		0.005¶
Grip strength
Baseline	10	6-15	12,5	8-20	0,465
At the end of treatment	12	10-20	15	12-25	0,276
Follow-up	12	10-20	20	12-30	0,136
p#		<0.001		<0.001
		0.001†		0.003†
		0.0011‡		0.0011‡
		0.551¶		0.015¶
IQR: Interquartile range; * Mann-Whitney U test; # Friedman test; † Baseline vs. at the end of the treatment; ‡ Baseline vs. follow-up; ¶ At the end of the treatment vs. follow up, p<0.05.