Effects of Meaningful Action Observation Therapy on Occupational Performance, Upper Limb Function, and Corticospinal Excitability Poststroke: A Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial

Table 3

Pre, post, and follow-up outcome measures of the intervention and control groups (time × group interaction).

	Baseline		Post (at 4 weeks)		Follow-up (at 8 weeks)
	Intervention; ()	Control ()	Intervention ()	Control ()	Intervention ()	Control ()					Wilks lambda			Effect size (Eta^2)
	COPM (performance)							0.73	3.83		0.26
COPM (satisfaction)							0.50	10.36		0.49
Actual task performance							0.73	3.71		0.26
FMA-UE							0.91	0.96	0.39	0.08
ARAT							0.96	0.41	0.66	0.03
BBT							0.88	1.37	0.275	0.11

Note: = statistically significant; COPM: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure; F: test for repeated measures 2-way ANOVA; FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment (upper extremity); ARAT: Action Research Arm Test; BBT: Box and Block Test.