Research Article

Rehabilitation of Upper Limb in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: A Preliminary Comparative Study

Table 2

Median (IQR) of functional scales before (pre) and after (post) each treatment. The sample size is for the CIMT, for the Armeo, and for the PT groups. values refer to Wilcoxon test. Bold values: .

PretreatmentPosttreatment value

CIMT ()
 QUEST-tot70.88 (21.54)82.02 (17.10)0.03
 QUEST-A80.47 (24.61)86.72 (21.48)0.04
 QUEST-B77.78 (15.74)77.78 (17.59)0.11
 QUEST-C100.00 (10.00)100.00 (3.00)0.18
 QUEST-D59.73 (30.56)59.73 (25.00)0.18
 Melbourne Assessment %81.00 (13.50)82.50 (7.25)0.02
 GMFM total214.00 (20.50)249.00 (18.00)0.07
Armeo ()
 QUEST-tot56.63 (7.03)56.63 (9.43)0.07
 QUEST-A54.69 (12.50)54.69 (15.63)0.11
 QUEST-B55.56 (14.81)55.56 (14.81)0.32
 QUEST-C76.00 (16.00)80.00 (16.00)0.11
 QUEST-D41.67 (8.33)41.67 (8.33)0.08
 Melbourne Assessment %40.00 (37.00)43.00 (26.00)0.03
 GMFM total204.50 (28.25)214.00 (21.75)0.07
PT ()
 QUEST-tot70.49 (14.81)73.36 (18.95)0.01
 QUEST-A70.31 (17.97)76.56 (14.85)0.02
 QUEST-B70.37 (16.67)77.78 (20.37)0.89
 QUEST-C98.00 (12.00)100.00 (12.00)0.10
 QUEST-D44.40 (13.89)52.78 (19.45)0.04
 Melbourne Assessment %72.00 (17.53)77.00 (18.50)0.14
 GMFM total240.00 (28.50)240.50 (26.25)0.07