Table 3 Secondary end point in the normal side

From: Motor task performance under vibratory feedback early poststroke: single center, randomized, cross-over, controled clinical trial

 

Active comparator

Vibratory feedback

P value

Total number of movements (correct and incorrect)

30.1 (15.4)

32.61 (12.5)

0.160

average (SD)

[25.3;35.5]

[28.6;36.7]

 

Range of motion of all correct movements

65.6 (13.4)

66.9 (17.8)

0.502

degrees, average (SD)

[62.0;71.3]

[61.8;74.1]

 

Time between correct movements

3.8 (4.3)

2.4 (1.3)

0.31

seconds, average (SD)

[2.5;5.2]

[2.0;2.8]

 

Cumulative amplitude of correct movements per minute

1460.4 (829.3)

1838.8 (889.1)

<0.001

degrees, average (SD)

[1201.1;1798.0]

[1602.2;2212.8]

 

Cumulative amplitude of all movements performed per minute

1726.2 (756.4)

2032.4 (880.1)

<0.001

degrees, average (SD)

[1479.2;2035.3]

[1741.7;2372.0]

 

Pauses per minute and per correct movement

0.093 (0.051)

0.087 (0.054)

0.50

average (SD)

[0.08;0.11]

[0.07;0.10]

 

Fatigue (%)*

   

0 (0–5)

0

0

 

1 (6–11)

95.5

81.1

 

2 (12–13)

2.3

19.0

0.039

3 (14–15)

0

0

 

4 (16–20)

0

0

 

Pain (%)

   

0 (no pain)

93.0

93.0

 

1

7.0

7.0

 

2

0

0

1.00

3

0

0

 

4 (interruption due to pain)

0

0

 

Any adverse event

0

0

NA

Perceived quality of movement (%)

   

0 (very bad)

0

0

 

1 (bad)

0

0

0.727

2 (good)

32.6

28.6

 

3 (very good)

67.4

71.4

 
  1. *Number between brackets represent the correspondence with Borg's perceived exertion scale;
  2. Paired samples T test,
  3. McNemar's test.