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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 6 Joint ROM and grip force changes across the four stimuli

From: A soft wearable exoglove for rehabilitation assistance: a novel application of knitted shape-memory alloy as a flexible actuator

 

Joints

S0

S1

S2

S3

S4

F

p

ROM (°, mean (SD))

DIP

5.50 (2.60)d,e

6.22 (2.03)d,e

16.61 (3.68)c

22.06 (6.61)b

25.92 (1.31)a

125.105

0.000

PIP

12.01 (7.04)e

13.69 (6.09)d

26.14 (4.53)c

36.51 (14.16)b

45.20 (9.90)a

114.041

0.000

MCP

21.60 (5.36)d,e

22.71 (3.70)d,e

27.44 (3.98)c

30.84 (9.489)b

33.78 (2.79)a

62.375

0.000

Total

13.57 (11.98)e

14.78 (10.90)d

23.88 (11.68)c

30.36 (12.17)b

35.61 (15.88)a

290.106

0.000

Grip force (kg, mean (SD))

 

4.49 (2.92)c

5.25 (3.35)c

5.78 (3.73)b

6.32 (3.98)b

6.96 (4.20)a

31.119

0.000

  1. DIP distal interphalangeal joint, PIP proximal interphalangeal joint, MCP metacarpal phalangeal joint, the alphabetical order is the same as the order of mean difference according to the Duncan test