Comparison between Erigo tilt-table exercise and conventional physiotherapy exercises in acute stroke patients: a randomized trial

Table 4 Pre-treatment to post-treatment change in outcome measure score (Mean ± SD) between two groups at two different periods

Outcome measure	Group A (n = 55)	Group B (n = 55)	P value
QOL:
Day 30	7.75 ± 6.03	9.87 ± 6.84	0.086
Day 90	14.38 ± 8.83	22.76 ± 10.52	< 0.001
MMT (UE):
Day 30	1.34 ± 0.54	1.26 ± 0.46	0.410
Day 90	2.11 ± 0.76	2.14 ± 0.65	0.851
MMT (LE):
Day 30	1.22 ± 0.74	1.46 ± 0.69	0.074
Day 90	2.11 ± 0.90	2.48 ± 0.86	0.030
NIHSS:
Day 30	−5.75 ± 1.95	−5.75 ± 1.89	1.000
Day 90	−8.45 ± 1.89	−8.98 ± 1.62	0.119
MMSE:
Day 30	6.78 ± 3.26	6.35 ± 2.70	0.446
Day 90	9.11 ± 3.44	8.62 ± 2.93	0.422
Ashworh:
Day 30	0.47 ± 0.57	0.22 ± 0.46	0.011
Day 90	0.55 ± 0.69	0.35 ± 0.58	0.104

Group A Conventional physiotherapy, Group B Erigo tilt-table, QOL Quality of life, MMT (UE) Manual muscle testing (upper extremity) or overall upper limb strength, MMT (LE) Manual muscle testing (lower extremity) or overall lower limb strength, NIHSS National institute of health stroke scale, MMSE Mini-mental state examination, Ashworth Ashworth scale-6

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