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Table 2 Comparison of Sheikh, FMA, and BBS scores between the two groups before treatment and four weeks after treatment (points, \(\bar x \pm s\))

From: Effects of trunk training using motor imagery on trunk control ability and balance function in patients with stroke

	Sheikh score	BBS score	FMA score
Control group
Before treatment	35.67 ± 5.63	11.72 ± 2.27	29.44 ± 4.26
After treatment	41.22 ± 5.93^a	18.94 ± 1.73^a	36.33 ± 3.60^a
Trial group
Before treatment	37.56 ± 4.83	11.67 ± 2.40	29.94 ± 5.05
After treatment	60.28 ± 5.64^ab	21.89 ± 3.18^ab	40.05 ± 3.78^ab

Note: After four weeks of treatment, compared with the status before treatment within the same group, ^aP < 0.05 was observed. After four weeks of treatment, the ^bP < 0.05 was observed in the inter-group comparison

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