Research Article
Induced Brain Plasticity after a Facilitation Programme for Autobiographical Memory in Multiple Sclerosis: A Preliminary Study
Table 1
Demographical and clinical data (mean and standard deviation) for the two groups of MS patients.
| | Experimental fMRI group | Control group | Statistical analysis |
| = | 4 | 4 | — | Age in years | 37.25 SD 5.50 | 39.75 SD 5.06 | ; | Education in years | 12.75 SD 1.50 | 11.75 SD 0.50 | ; | Sex (ratio female/male) | 3/1 | 2/2 | ; | Laterality (ratio right-/left-handed) | 4/0 | 1/3 | ; * |
| EDSS (median score)
| 1.50
| 2.50
| ; | range | 0–4 | 0–4 | Duration of MS in years | 15.00 SD 9.31 | 13.5 SD 7.23 | ; | Number of DMD treatment | 1.00 SD 0.00 | 1.00 SD 0.00 | ; |
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EDSS: the expanded disability status scale; SD: standard deviation; DMDs: disease modifying drugs, *<0.05.
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