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Table 4 Knee angles ± standard deviation and mean differences

From: Assessment of net knee moment-angle characteristics by instrumented hand-held dynamometry in children with spastic cerebral palsy and typically developing children

 

SCP (n=10)

TD (n=9)

Mean difference

Knee angle at 0.5 Nm

72.8° ± 7.9°

69.2° ± 5.9°

3.6°

1 Nm

66.8° ± 8.6°

61.4° ± 5.7°

5.4°

2 Nm

58.9° ± 9.8°

52.0° ± 7.1°

6.8°

3 Nm

53.7° ± 11.0°

45.4° ± 8.3°

8.3°

4 Nm

59.7° ± 12.1°

40.6° ± 9.4°

9.8°

Maximum knee angle

42.8° ± 12.1°

32.8° ± 6.6°

9.9°a

Maximum knee moment

7.4 Nm ± 3.1 Nm

6.2 Nm ± 1.6 Nm

1.2 Nm

Slope at 4 Nm

0.3 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.1a

  1. TD typically developing children, SCP spastic cerebral palsy
  2. aSignificantly different p<0.05
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

ISSN: 1743-0003

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