highly significantp < 0.001
The ANOVA for NIHSS scores (Table 5 ) revealed highly significant main effects of Time (MS = 1852, F(3, 48) = 676.9, ηp2 = 0.96, p < 0.001) and Group (MS = 2175, F(1, 50) = 169.2, ηp2 = 0.77, p < 0.001), as well as a significant Time × Group interaction (MS = 424, F(3, 48) = 155.2, ηp2 = 0.76, p < 0.001).