Clinical Study
Early Poststroke Rehabilitation Using a Robotic Tilt-Table Stepper and Functional Electrical Stimulation
Table 2
Change in outcome measure within each group.
| | ROBO-FES | ROBO | Control |
Between group |
Mult comp corrected | | Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post |
| Strength | 2.10 | 4.00 | 1.90 | 3.40 | 2.30 | 3.40 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Absolute Δ ± SD | 1.97 | 0.88 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.03 | 0.61 | | | Barthel index | 36.7 | 60.2 | 37.7 | 56.0 | 37.5 | 51.2 | 0.0518 | ns | Absolute Δ ± SD | 23.4 | 15.9 | 18.3 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 9.62 | | | MCA systolic CBFV (cm/sec) | 78.3 | 114 | 85.3 | 104 | 89.3 | 97.8 | <0.0001 | 0.0002 | Absolute Δ ± SD | 35.5 | 8.04 | 18.7 | 8.97 | 8.5 | 5.92 | | | MCA dioastolic CBFV (cm/sec) | 40.5 | 48.9 | 37.6 | 50.9 | 39.0 | 42.4 | <0.0001 | 0.0002 | Absolute Δ ± SD | 8.45 | 3.11 | 13.3 | 3.42 | 3.3 | 1.94 | | | PI | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.78 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Absolute Δ ± SD | −0.11 | 0.03 | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.02 | | | RI | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.0456 | ns | Absolute Δ ± SD | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.02 | | | Systolic BP (mmHg) | 146 | 132 | 140 | 126 | 144 | 128 | 0.24 | ns | Absolute Δ ± SD | −13.1 | 10.6 | −14.1 | 13.9 | −16.5 | 7.54 | | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 92.8 | 76.9 | 90.1 | 82.9 | 90.4 | 83.0 | 0.0009 | 0.0081 | Absolute Δ ± SD | −15.8 | 14.4 | −7.17 | 7.05 | −7.47 | 5.84 | | | Stroke volume (mL) | 63.0 | 59.2 | 69.4 | 65.6 | 60.7 | 59.1 | 0.075 | ns | Absolute Δ ± SD | −3.76 | 4.69 | −3.80 | 3.91 | −1.57 | 2.85 | | |
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