Early Poststroke Rehabilitation Using a Robotic Tilt-Table Stepper and Functional Electrical Stimulation

Table 2

Change in outcome measure within each group.

	ROBO-FES		ROBO		Control		Between group 𝑃	Mult comp corrected 𝑃
	Baseline	Post	Baseline	Post	Baseline	Post
Strength	2.10	4.00	1.90	3.40	2.30	3.40	<0.0001	<0.0001
Absolute Δ ± SD	1.97	0.88	1.50	1.50	1.03	0.61
Barthel index	36.7	60.2	37.7	56.0	37.5	51.2	0.0518	ns
Absolute Δ ± SD	23.4	15.9	18.3	12.8	13.7	9.62
MCA systolic CBFV (cm/sec)	78.3	114	85.3	104	89.3	97.8	<0.0001	0.0002
Absolute Δ ± SD	35.5	8.04	18.7	8.97	8.5	5.92
MCA dioastolic CBFV (cm/sec)	40.5	48.9	37.6	50.9	39.0	42.4	<0.0001	0.0002
Absolute Δ ± SD	8.45	3.11	13.3	3.42	3.3	1.94
PI	0.81	0.70	0.88	0.84	0.81	0.78	<0.0001	<0.0001
Absolute Δ ± SD	−0.11	0.03	−0.05	0.03	−0.03	0.02
RI	0.66	0.61	0.70	0.67	0.77	0.74	0.0456	ns
Absolute Δ ± SD	−0.05	0.03	−0.03	0.03	−0.03	0.02
Systolic BP (mmHg)	146	132	140	126	144	128	0.24	ns
Absolute Δ ± SD	−13.1	10.6	−14.1	13.9	−16.5	7.54
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	92.8	76.9	90.1	82.9	90.4	83.0	0.0009	0.0081
Absolute Δ ± SD	−15.8	14.4	−7.17	7.05	−7.47	5.84
Stroke volume (mL)	63.0	59.2	69.4	65.6	60.7	59.1	0.075	ns
Absolute Δ ± SD	−3.76	4.69	−3.80	3.91	−1.57	2.85