Movement Velocity and Fluidity Improve after Armeo®Spring Rehabilitation in Children Affected by Acquired and Congenital Brain Diseases: An Observational Study
Table 4
Results of instrumental measures on the subgroups.
T0 Median (IQR)
Tm Median (IQR)
T1 Median (IQR)
p Friedman
p Wilcoxon Bonf-corrected
T0 vs Tm
T0 vs T1
Tm vs T1
ABI (N=21)
HPR ()
169.8 (70.3)
155.5(28.8)
146.8 (49.8)
0.007
0.573
0.052
0.531
horOS [cm]
2.3 (1.8)
1.3 (1.1)
1.3 (1.5)
0.039
0.193
0.197
1.000
verOS [cm]
0.8 (0. 5)
0.8 (0.8)
1.0 (0.7)
0.709
Mean vel [cm/s]
3.0 (1.3)
3.8 (1.3)
4.0 (0.5)
0.001
0.001
0.004
0.505
Max vel [cm/s]
8.8 (4.0)
11.0 (2.5)
10.6 (2.2)
0.001
0.001
0.004
1.000
NvelPeaks
2.3 (1.0)
1.8 (0.7)
1.8 (1.4)
<0.001
0.008
<0.001
0.255
Norm jerk
1391 (3119)
545 (1150)
437 (1106)
0.007
0.301
0.042
0.279
CP (N=22)
HPR ()
152.0 (41.7)
143.3 25.3)
142.0 (38.3)
0.076
horOS [cm]
1.8 (1.4)
1.3 (1.3)
1.0 (0.8)
0.215
verOS [cm]
1.1 (1.2)
1.0 (1.0)
1.0 (0.3)
0.580
Mean vel [cm/s]
2.4 (1.0)
3.0 (1.3)
4.0 (1.6)
<0.001
0.055
0.001
0.008
Max vel [cm/s]
6.3 (2.9)
8.0 (3.5)
10.0 (5.3)
<0.001
0.068
<0.001
0.014
NvelPeaks
2.0 (0.5)
1.5 (0.5)
1.5 (0.5)
<0.001
0.013
0.008
0.174
Norm jerk
369 (931)
212 (364)
284 (174)
0.143
Parameters were extracted using the Matlab-based tool realized by Merlo and collaborators [23], before (T0), during (Tm), and after (T1) intervention. P values refer to the nonparametric paired Wilcoxon test. HPR: Hand Path Ratio; horOS: horizontal overshooting; verOS: vertical overshooting; Mean/Max vel: mean/maximum velocity; NvelPeak: number of velocity peaks; Norm jerk: normalized jerk.
