Movement Velocity and Fluidity Improve after Armeo®Spring Rehabilitation in Children Affected by Acquired and Congenital Brain Diseases: An Observational Study

Table 3

Results of instrumental measures on the entire study group.(CP+ABI, N=43).

		T0; Median (IQR)	Tm; Median (IQR)	T1; Median (IQR)	p Friedman	p Wilcoxon; Bonf-corrected
						T0 vs Tm	T0 vs T1	Tm vs T1
ABI+CP (N=43)	HPR ()	166.0 (52.9)	148.3 (30.0)	144.8 (47.3)	0.002	0.028	0.013	1.000
	horOS [cm]	1.8 (1.0)	1.3 (0.8)	1.1 (1.0)	0.011	0.034	0.010	1.000
	verOS [cm]	1.0 (0.3)	1.0 (0.5)	0.3 (0.8)	0.471
	Mean vel [cm/s]	2.8 (1.5)	3.5 (1.3)	4.0 (1.0)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.005
	Max vel [cm/s]	6.8 (3.6)	9.8 (3.5)	10.5 (3.4)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.073
	NvelPeaks	2.0 (0.8)	1.8 (0.5)	1.5 (1.0)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.048
	Norm jerk	787 (1352)	298 (1019)	304 (394)	0.002	0.007	0.006	0.545

Parameters were extracted using the Matlab-based tool realized by Merlo and collaborators [23], before (T0), during (Tm) and after (T1) intervention. P values refer to the nonparametric paired Wilcoxon test. HPR: Hand Path Ratio; horOS: horizontal overshooting; verOS: vertical overshooting; Mean/Max vel: mean/maximum velocity; NvelPeak: number of velocity peaks; Norm jerk: normalized jerk.