## 3 Results
### Effectiveness Outcomes between Baseline and Ending Treatment Assessments
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Control Group (\(n=16\))**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Intervention Group (\(n=15\))**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**P\({}_{2}\)**} \\ \cline{2-11}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**At**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**At**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Difference**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**At**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Difference**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**At**} \\ \cline{2-11}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mean**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(SD)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**P\({}_{1}\)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(\#2\)**} \\ \hline \hline \multicolumn{11}{l}{**SCIM scale**} \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**Feeding**} & 1.31 (1.07) & 1.75 (0.85) & 0.43 (1.03) & 0.110 & 0.161 ** & **1.20 (1.14)** & **1.86 (0.99)** & 0.73 (0.96) & 0.027 & **0.303 ** & 0.416 \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**Dressing Upper Body**} & **0.56 (1.09)** & **1.68 (0.87)** & **1.12 (1.45)** & **0.007** & **0.399 ** & **0.80 (1.37)** & **1.53 (1.76)** & **0.73 (1.22)** & **0.036** & **0.278 ** & **0.425** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**Grounding**} & 1.43 (1.20) & 1.87 (1.08) & 0.43 (1.26) & 0.186 & 0.113 * & **1.26 (0.96)** & **1.00 (1.08)** & **0.60 (0.82)** & **0.014** & **0.266 ** & **0.677** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**Self care Subtotal**} & **4.06 (4.38)** & **8.06 (1.53)** & **3.93 (4.90)** & **0.005** & **0.416 ** & **3.53 (3.58)** & **7.46 (6.61)** & **4.06 (4.97)** & **0.010** & **0.391 ** & **0.943** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**Total SICIM Score**} & **31.00** & **45.87** & **14.25** & **0.000** & **0.614 ** & **30.06** & **44.26** & **14.40** & **0.007** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**(0–100)**} & **(18.52)** & **(23.79)** & **(12.36)** & **0.000** & **0.614 ** & **16.86** & **(23.95)** & **(15.55)** & **0.003** & **0.469 ** & **0.976** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**UEMKs (Arm treated)**} & **13.53** & **15.07** & **15.07** & **13.13** & **15.60** & **15.31** & **15.60** & **1.000** & **1.656 ** & **0.160** \\ \multicolumn{11}{l}{**(0–25)**} & **(5.11)** & **(6.49)** & **0.31 (5.49)** & **0.039** & **0.255 ** & **(5.24)** & **0.12** & **2.46 (1.84)** & **0.000** & **0.656 ** & **0.160** \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} * moderate effect and ** large effect (clinical relevance following Cohen guidelines). Bold font indicates significant statistical differences found between baseline and ending assessments for both groups (control and intervention). p\({}_{1}\): intragroup comparison (comparison of baseline and ending scores with paired sample \(t\)-test), p\({}_{2}\): inter-group comparison (comparisons of differences of baseline-ending scores with the independent \(t\)-test). Bold p\({}_{1}\) and p\({}_{2}\) values are statistically significant (\(p<0.05\)).  
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Table 2: _SCIM scale and UEMS at baseline and upon ending all the experimental sessions for both groups included in the study (control and intervention)._The improvements observed with statistical significance were maintained when the analysis was focused on the dominant UE. In the case of the intervention group (\(n=9\)), the only difference is that no statistical significance was detected in the grooming item (1.55 (1.01) at baseline versus 1.66 (1.22) at the ending, p1 = 0.594). In this case, the magnitude of the difference was small (\(\eta^{2}=0.037\)). On the other hand, significance was still detected in the feeding item (1.22 (1.64) at baseline versus 2.00 (1.00) at the ending, p1 < 0.01), which was not detected in the control group (1.16 (1.02) at baseline versus 1.66 (0.98) at the ending, p1 = 0.111, \(n=12\)). However, the magnitude of the improvement in this item was large for the two groups (\(\eta^{2}=0.494\) for the intervention group and \(\eta^{2}=0.214\) for the control group).