Quadriceps femoris spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: measurement with the pendulum test and relationship with gait abnormalities

Table 2 Correlations between the biomechanical parameters and the outcome measures from the pendulum test

Groups		SH + SD		SH		SH unaffected		SH affected		SD
Parameters		Ex	RI	Ex	RI	Ex	RI	Ex	RI	Ex	RI
T 1	DROM I	-	-	-	-	-	0.48*	-	-	-	-
	DROM II	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	ASO	-0.45***	-0.38***	-0.67***	-0.52***	-	-	-	-	-	-
T 2	DROM I	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	DROM II	-0.25*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.34*
	ASO	-0.35**	-0.22*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T 3	DROM I	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	DROM II	-0.60***	-0.51***	-0.71***	-0.76***	0.49*	-	-	-0.53*	-	-
	ASO	-0.35**	-0.28*	-0.66***	-0.71***	-	-	-	-	-	-
T 4	DROM I	-	-	-0.34*	-0.35*	-	-	-	-	-	-
	DROM II	-	-	-0.58***	-0.42**	-	0.59**	-	-	-	-
	ASO	-	-	-0.48**	-0.36*	-	0.56**	-	-	-	-

SH, spastic hemiplegia; SD, spastic diplegia; Ex, first swing excursion; RI, relaxation index; DAROM tests, (T1, T2, T3, T4); DROM I, range of motion deficit following a slow velocity; DROM II, range of motion deficit following a fast velocity; ASO, angle of spasticity; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001.

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