Neural Plasticity

Research Article

Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability

Table 4

Changes of motor hand functions and independence scores at the end of the protocol.


	Group A			Group B
	Median	Lower Q	Upper Q	Median	Lower Q	Upper Q	M-W “U”

NHPT3 left	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	300.0	NS
NHPT2 left	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	300.0	NS
NHPT1 left	−1.0	−1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	110.0	0.0002
NHPT3 right	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	270.0	NS
NHPT2 right	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	300.0	NS
NHPT1 right	−1.9	−4.2	0.7	0.0	−1.3	2.0	180.5	0.018
IADL	−1.2	−3.3	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.7	194.0	0.037
ADL	−1.0	−2.4	0.5	1.0	−0.7	1.5	165.0	0.008
MACS	−1.9	−3.8	0.0	0.2	−1.3	1.1	166.5	0.018
BFMF	−1.0	−2.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	167.0	0.019
GMFCS	0.0	−2.3	2.0	0.0	−0.8	0.8	260.0	NS

Group A: experimental group; Group B: control group; NHPT: Nine Hole Peg Test; IADL: instrumental activity of daily living; ADL: activity of daily living; MACS: Manual Ability Classification System; BFMF: Bimanual Fine Motor Function; GMFCS: gross motor function classification system; Q: quartile; M-W: Mann–Whitney test; NS: not significant; numbers in bold: statistically significant values.