Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Research Article

Rehabilitation of Upper Limb in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: A Preliminary Comparative Study

Table 4

Kinematics variables before (pre) and after (post) each treatment for the vertical task. Data are presented as median (IQR). The sample size is for the CIMT, for the Armeo, and for the PT groups. values refer to Wilcoxon test. Bold values: .


	Vertical task parameters	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	value

CIMT ()
End-point metrics	HPR_go	1.10 (0.89)	1.09 (0.61)	0.09
	Y-FD [mm]	757.14 (84.78)	686.79 (81.75)	0.30
	MV_go [mm/s]	150.57 (47.00)	209.59 (76.55)	0.65
	#VP_tot	48.00 (18.67)	42.67 (39.00)	0.34
Joint kinematics	ROM shoulder flex-ext [°]	116.56 (22.72)	106.45 (38.87)	0.15
	ROM shoulder abd-add [°]	126.69 (15.41)	126.20 (35.95)	1.00
	ROM elbow flex-ext [°]	56.61 (11.46)	62.26 (18.99)	0.31
	MAV shoulder flex-ext [°/s]	22.43 (16.58)	25.06 (26.00)	0.84
	MAV shoulder abd-add [°/s]	18.74 (13.24)	19.66 (8.48)	0.46
	MAV elbow flex-ext [°/s]	15.59 (8.19)	18.50 (6.62)	0.74
Trunk	Trunk 3D path	477.38 (103.88)	386.72 (157.66)	0.20
Trunk	X-TD_go	58.35 (25.96)	49.77 (18.30)	0.05
Armeo ()
End-point metrics	HPR_go	1.43 (0.39)	1.26 (0.14)	0.08
	Y-FD [mm]	618.80 (160.00)	615.27 (217.03)	0.84
	MV_go [mm/s]	125.76 (107.67)	152.51 (66.25)	1.00
	#VP_tot	46.46 (26.83)	35.67 (32.83)	0.31
Joint kinematics	ROM shoulder flex-ext [°]	66.93 (34.99)	69.95 (41.34)	0.55
	ROM shoulder abd-add [°]	54.39 (48.41)	56.59 (24.32)	0.31
	ROM elbow flex-ext [°]	38.32 (11.65)	35.09 (10.73)	0.64
	MAV shoulder flex-ext [°/s]	13.96 (16.62)	9.56 (9.38)	0.15
	MAV shoulder abd-add [°/s]	13.85 (10.24)	14.05 (8.53)	0.46
	MAV elbow flex-ext [°/s]	8.78 (6.28)	10.49 (5.33)	0.74
Trunk	Trunk 3D path	351.34 (58.49)	303.72 (130.18)	0.46
	X-TD_go	46.51 (25.83)	52.57 (11.13)	0.55

PT ()
End-point metrics	HPR_go	1.15 (0.49)	1.12 (0.48)	0.20
	Y-FD [mm]	669.71 (58.56)	764.82 (138.49)	0.02
	MV_go [mm/s]	185.59 (106.09)	194.79 (41.96)	0.52
	#VP_tot	56.00 (42.33)	36.00 (32.42)	0.97
Joint kinematics	ROM shoulder flex-ext [°]	95.13 (36.11)	99.75 (16.26)	0.32
	ROM shoulder abd-add [°]	103.43 (67.88)	121.15 (18.94)	0.05
	ROM elbow flex-ext [°]	57.71 (23.32)	62.54 (15.12)	0.43
	MAV shoulder flex-ext [°/s]	26.50 (20.66)	22.46 (13.69)	0.40
	MAV shoulder abd-add [°/s]	18.99 (14.07)	18.21 (10.20)	0.58
	MAV elbow flex-ext [°/s]	16.36 (4.14)	18.98 (5.86)	0.03
Trunk	Trunk 3D path	347.89 (155.03)	348.67 (180.99)	0.17
Trunk	X-TD_go	49.77 (8.77)	66.22 (24.72)	0.10