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Table 4 Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) scores between experimental and control groups pre- and post- treatment

From: The effect of combined transcranial pulsed current stimulation and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on lower limb spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized and controlled clinical study

Item Experimental group Control group Before treatment After treatment
Baseline Post − treatment Baseline Post-treatment t/p t/p
Adductor (left)
 R1 17.63 ± 9.27 35.91 ± 7.90 20.23 ± 8.19 19.81 ± 12.10 −1.178/0.243 6.269/0.000
 R2 25.41 ± 11.06 46.16 ± 9.73 29.13 ± 10.78 27.68 ± 14.77 −1.352/0.182 5.880/0.000
 R2-R1 7.78 ± 4.93 10.25 ± 3.34 8.90 ± 4.42 7.87 ± 3.74 −0.949/0.346 2.661/0.010
Adductor (right)
 R1 17.00 ± 6.24 34.50 ± 9.36 15.77 ± 6.90 16.00 ± 9.29 0.739/0.462 7.868/0.000
 R2 25.59 ± 6.94 45.47 ± 10.34 21.87 ± 8.55 23.13 ± 11.49 1.900/0.062 8.114/0.000
 R2-R1 8.59 ± 3.21 10.97 ± 3.70 6.10 ± 3.32 7.13 ± 3.86 3.034/0.004 4.029/0.000
Knee joint (left)
 R1 130.66 ± 26.81 142.56 ± 14.91 130.03 ± 25.86 112.26 ± 21.08 0.094/0.925 6.602/0.000
 R2 148.13 ± 21.87 160.31 ± 17.03 148.16 ± 20.61 127.81 ± 25.50 −0.007/0.995 5.966/0.000
 R2-R1 17.47 ± 14.93 17.75 ± 7.81 18.13 ± 12.61 15.55 ± 9.09 −0.189/0.851 1.032/0.306
Knee joint (right)
 R1 128.13 ± 29.12 143.53 ± 16.61 129.65 ± 24.42 109.74 ± 24.38 0.224/0.823 6.445/0.000
 R2 147.66 ± 24.98 163.69 ± 19.34 149.19 ± 21.18 127.55 ± 29.82 −0.263/0.793 5.724/0.000
 R2-R1 19.53 ± 16.62 20.16 ± 8.27 19.55 ± 13.11 17.81 ± 13.13 −0.005/0.996 0.852/0.397
Ankle joint (left)
 R1 104.22 ± 25.18 93.71 ± 31.38 80.48 ± 23.143 84.38 ± 20.93 1.948/0.056 −3.578/0.001
 R2 93.13 ± 28.048 102.90 ± 26.54 95.16 ± 20.10 68.75 ± 23.55 1.575/0.121 −3.081/0.003
 R2-R1 11.09 ± 8.956 15.63 ± 5.198 14.68 ± 12.970 9.19 ± 6.59 1.280/0.206 4.306/0.000
Ankle joint (right)
 R1 102.66 ± 27.20 91.68 ± 30.164 86.45 ± 26.115 65.31 ± 23.13 0.827/0.411 −3.900/0.00
 R2 89.84 ± 30.756 102.26 ± 25.52 149.19 ± 21.18 80.94 ± 19.40 0.471/0.639 −3.740/0.00
 R2-R1 12.81 ± 11.284 15.63 ± 8.684 10.97 ± 11.862 10.58 ± 8.590 0.633/0.529 2.317/0.024
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