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Table 3 Outcomes

From: PULSE-I - Is rePetitive Upper Limb SEnsory stimulation early after stroke feasible and acceptable? A stratified single-blinded randomised controlled feasibility study

Outcome tool

2 weeks

3 months

RSS (n = 23)

UC (n = 17)

RSS (n = 23)

UCa (n = 16)

Change in ARAT

 Median (IQR)

8 (19)

3 (16)

16 (30)

7 (23)

 Range

0–38

− 9–30

0–51

0–55

Change in FMA-UE

 Median (IQR)

12 (15)

6 (12)

16 (14)

11.5 (13)

 Range

− 1–33

− 11–22

− 6–45

− 6–31

Change in NHPTb

 Median (IQR)

− 6 (− 162)

0 (− 82)

− 55 (− 163)

− 9 (− 206)

 Range

− 282–17

− 252–26.1

− 269–0

− 265–11.8

  1. aindicates n = 16 as 1 participant in the UC group died before 3 months. Positive changes indicate improvement except for NHPT. ARAT Action Research Arm Test, RSS repetitive sensory stimulation, UC usual care, FMA-UE Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity, IQR interquartile range, NHPT nine-hole peg test, bif participants could not undertake the test, they were scored as taking 300 s