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Table 5 Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) scores across 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 Experimental group (Pre vs Post) Control group (Pre vs Post)
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 −8.996/0.000 0.190/0.851
 R2 25.41 ± 11.06 46.16 ± 9.73 29.13 ± 10.78 27.68 ± 14.77 −9.777/0.000 0.538/0.594
 R2-R1 7.78 ± 4.93 10.25 ± 3.34 8.90 ± 4.42 7.87 ± 3.74 −2.760/0.010 1.057/0.299
Adductor (right)
 R1 17.00 ± 6.24 34.50 ± 9.36 15.77 ± 6.90 16.00 ± 9.29 −8.930/0.000 −0.125/0.901
 R2 25.59 ± 6.94 45.47 ± 10.34 21.87 ± 8.55 23.13 ± 11.49 −9.667/0.000 −0.594/0.557
 R2-R1 8.59 ± 3.21 10.97 ± 3.70 6.10 ± 3.32 7.13 ± 3.86 −3.263/0.003 −1.132/0.266
Knee joint (left)
 R1 130.66 ± 26.81 142.56 ± 14.91 130.03 ± 25.86 112.26 ± 21.08 −1.893/0.068 3.481/0.002
 R2 148.13 ± 21.87 160.31 ± 17.03 148.16 ± 20.61 127.81 ± 25.50 −1.989/0.056 3.743/0.001
 R2-R1 17.47 ± 14.93 17.75 ± 7.81 18.13 ± 12.61 15.55 ± 9.09 −0.114/0.910 1.154/0.258
Knee joint (right)
 R1 128.13 ± 29.12 143.53 ± 16.61 129.65 ± 24.42 109.74 ± 24.38 4.486/0.045 4.386/0.000
 R2 147.66 ± 24.98 163.69 ± 19.34 149.19 ± 21.18 127.55 ± 29.82 −2.284/0.029 3.996/0.000
 R2-R1 19.53 ± 16.62 20.16 ± 8.27 19.55 ± 13.11 17.81 ± 13.13 −0.221/0.827 0.637/0.529
Ankle joint (left)
 R1 93.12 ± 28.05 68.75 ± 23.55 80.48 ± 23.143 93.71 ± 31.38 3.665/0.001 −3.561/0.001
 R2 104.22 ± 25.18 84.38 ± 20.94 95.16 ± 20.10 102.90 ± 26.55 4.282/0.000 −2.179/0.037
 R2-R1 11.09 ± 8.956 15.63 ± 5.198 14.68 ± 12.970 9.19 ± 6.59 −3.177/0.003 2.761/0.010
Ankle joint (right)
 R1 89.84 ± 30.77 65.31 ± 2314 86.45 ± 26.115 91.68 ± 30.16 3.994/0.000 −1.183/0.246
 R2 102.66 ± 27.20 80.94 ± 19.40 97.42 ± 22.76 102.26 ± 25.52 4.486/0.000 −1.311/0.200
 R2-R1 12.81 ± 11.284 15.63 ± 8.684 10.97 ± 11.862 10.58 ± 8.590 − 1.509/0.141 0.162/0.873
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