Neural Plasticity

Research Article

Effectiveness of a Novel Contralaterally Controlled Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Restoring Lower Limb Motor Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Comparison of motor performance and ADL in two groups and at before and after treatment.


	CCNMES group Mean (SD)	NMES group Mean (SD)		value	Difference between groups (95% CI)

FMA-LE
Before treatment	8.81 (2.52)	7.95 (2.40)	−1.106	0.269	0.86 [−0.68–2.39]
After treatment	14.48 (2.96)^a	11.90 (3.35)^a	−2.362	0.018	2.57 [0.60–4.54]
Difference	5.67 (2.13)	3.95 (1.87)	−2.267	0.009	1.71 [0.47–2.96]^b
MBI
Before treatment	39.43 (10.53)	37.05 (6.11)	−0.343	0.732	2.38 [−2.99–7.75]
After treatment	56.62 (11.96)^a	48.14 (9.86)^a	−2.222	0.026	8.48 [1.63–15.32]
Difference	17.19 (9.73)	11.10 (6.79)	−2.261	0.024	6.10 [0.84–11.35]^b

SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; ADL: activities of daily living; FMA-LE: Fugl–Meyer assessment-lower extremity; MBI: modified Barthel Index. ^a, differences before and after treatment; ^b, differences between groups.