Research Article

Effects and Adherence of Mirror Therapy in People with Chronic Upper Limb Hemiparesis: A Preliminary Study

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of active range of movement (°) and grip strength (kg) for the non-paretic hand at Week 0, and the paretic hand at Weeks 0, 6 and 12.

Measured jointNon-paretic handParetic handParetic hand differenceNon-paretic minus paretic hand differences#
Week 0Week 0Week 6Week 12Week 6 minus Week 0Week 12 minus Week 0Week 0Week 6Week 12

Wrist Extension, deg64.42 (19.04)33.00 (30.74)35.82 (27.38)44.11 (18.19)2.82 (25.70)11.11 (25.77)31.42 (11.85 to 50.99)28.60 (4.23 to 52.97)20.31 (2.21 to 38.40)
2nd Metacarpo-phalangeal Extension, deg36.25 (10.57)18.33 (17.26)18.18 (15.85)20.00 (14.07)−0.15 (8.57)1.67 (9.53)17.92 (7.69 to 28.14)18.07 (9.32 to 26.82)16.25 (7.35 to 25.15)
Radial Deviation, deg33.27 (11.19)18.83 (18.81)22.00 (18.15)17.11 (8.74)3.17 (13.71)−1.72 (14.92)14.44 (2.03 to 26.85)11.27 (−1.64 to 24.18)16.16 (8.25 to 24.07)
Supination, deg86.17 (11.36)46.83 (35.74)39.27 (31.45)57.78 (31.67)−7.56 (15.21)10.95 (25.27)39.33 (19.48 to 59.19)46.89 (29.94 to 63.85)28.39 (12.42 to 44.35)
1st Metacarpo-phalangeal Extension, deg40.33 (14.99)17.83 (18.48)20.00 (21.78)25.22 (17.66)2.17 (12.37)7.39 (12.56)22.50 (4.40 to 40.60)20.33 (0.84 to 39.83)15.11 (−3.02 to 33.24)
Grip Strength, kg31.58 (18.96)7.33 (6.77)8.55 (7.90)10.11 (5.98)1.22 (3.11)2.78 (4.53)24.25 (11.494 to 37.01)23.03 (9.95 to 36.12)21.47 (7.74 to 35.21)

Positive values represent an improvement.
#Positive values indicate the non-paretic hand has better range of movement or grip strength compared to the paretic hand. Decreasing values indicate the paretic hand is improving in range of movement or grip strength.
deg: degree.