The Ineffective Role of Cathodal tDCS in Enhancing the Functional Motor Outcomes in Early Phase of Stroke Rehabilitation: An Experimental Trial

Table 4

Between group comparisons of changes occurred between T0 and T1.

Outcome measure	T1-T0 changes		Between group analysis; 𝑃 value (df=1)	Correlation between changes and T0 values 𝑅-value
	EG	CG		EG	CG
BI	26±21	18±10	0.584	−0.500	0.371
FAC	1±1	1±1	0.923	−0.530	0.557
CNS	1±0.5	0.5±1	0.219	−0.344	−0.223
RMS	3±3	3±2	0.853	0.205	0.696
UL-FM	4±5	4±7	0.925	0.026	0.585
10MWT (m/s)	0.27±0.36	0.14±0.23	0.485	−0.574	−0.071
6MWT (m/s)	0.28±0.29	0.13±0.31	0.419	−0.498	−0.197
TUG (m/s)	0.17±0.19	0.08±0.16	0.450	−0.389	−0.266
9HPT (pegs/s)	0.06±0.09	0.06±0.11	0.897	−0.476	0.886*
Pinch force (kg)	0.5±1.4	0.8±1.2	0.755	−0.130	0.464
Grasp force (kg)	−1.4±1.9	1.0±2.0	0.076	−0.922*	−0.250

Star indicates statistically significant correlation between changes and T0 value.