Table 3 Regional cortical activity (mM·cm) during gait in the E-RAGT and BWST groups.

Group	Pre-test	Post-test	Within-group p-value	ANOVA p-value
Group	Pre-test	Post-test	Within-group p-value	Group	Time	Interaction
AH SMC
E-RAGT	0.00494 ± 0.00257^a	0.00912 ± 0.00205	0.016*	0.677	0.036	0.741
BWST	0.00714 ± 0.00280	0.01022 ± 0.00421	0.470	0.677	0.036	0.741
UH SMC
E-RAGT	0.00580 ± 0.00335	0.00798 ± 0.00207	0.363	0.405	0.709	0.566
BWST	0.01085 ± 0.00365	0.01038 ± 0.00449	0.730	0.405	0.709	0.566
AH SMA
E-RAGT	0.00574 ± 0.00387	0.01075 ± 0.00370	0.022*	0.119	0.005	0.878
BWST	0.00041 ± 0.00176	0.00410 ± 0.00217	0.124	0.119	0.005	0.878
UH SMA
E-RAGT	0.00796 ± 0.00369	0.00880 ± 0.00188	0.397	0.050	0.575	0.817
BWST	0.00066 ± 0.00196	0.00266 ± 0.00359	0.551	0.050	0.575	0.817
AH PMC
E-RAGT	0.00340 ± 0.00236	0.00913 ± 0.00228	0.009*	0.391	0.016	0.747
BWST	0.00139 ± 0.00175	0.00583 ± 0.00355	0.363	0.391	0.016	0.747
UH PMC
E-RAGT	0.00820 ± 0.00282	0.00838 ± 0.00209	0.683	0.474	0.323	0.380
BWST	0.00451 ± 0.00182	0.00735 ± 0.00315	0.245	0.474	0.323	0.380
AH pre-SMA
E-RAGT	0.00395 ± 0.00338	0.00887 ± 0.00201	0.109	0.879	0.092	0.619
BWST	0.00566 ± 0.00305	0.00838 ± 0.00407	0.331	0.879	0.092	0.619
UH pre-SMA
E-RAGT	0.00229 ± 0.00335	0.00614 ± 0.00226	0.177	0.484	0.404	0.567
BWST	0.00775 ± 0.00411	0.00848 ± 0.00645	0.551	0.484	0.404	0.567
AH PFC
E-RAGT	0.00575 ± 0.00223	0.00721 ± 0.00170	0.331	0.312	0.536	0.819
BWST	0.00327 ± 0.00192	0.00395 ± 0.00311	0.975	0.312	0.536	0.819
UH PFC
E-RAGT	0.00629 ± 0.00239	0.00680 ± 0.00283	0.730	0.948	0.731	0.946
BWST	0.00593 ± 0.00234	0.00670 ± 0.00356	0.925	0.948	0.731	0.946

At baseline, there were no significant differences between the E-RAGT and BWST groups for any variable.
E-RAGT end-effector robot-assisted gait training, BWST bodyweight-supported treadmill training, AH affected hemisphere, UH unaffected hemisphere, SMC primary sensorimotor cortex, SMA supplementary motor area, PMC premotor cortex, pre-SMA pre-supplementary motor area, PFC prefrontal cortex.
*Significant within-group difference, based on paired t-test, p < 0.05.
^aMean ± standard deviation.

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