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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and device settings

From: Weight-supported training of the upper extremity in children with cerebral palsy: a motor learning study

ID

Age [y]

Sex

Cerebral Palsy categories

More affected arm

Dominant arm

MACS

GMFCS

WeeFIM

Arm length and spring settings

Total

S-C

Mob

Cog

Upper

Lower

1*

14.7

m

Mixed: dystonia and ataxic

Right

Left

2

1

98

47

18

33

9 / E

7 / A

2*

14.4

m

Mixed: bilateral spastic and ataxic

Left

Right

2

2

114

50

35

29

3 / E

11 / C

3

8.3

m

Bilateral spastic

Right

Left

2

3

85

36

19

30

0 / C

3 / A + ½

4

9.1

m

Bilateral spastic

Left

Right

1

3

95

44

30

21

6 / B

6 / A

5

12

m

Unilateral spastic

Left

Right

2

2

48

26

5

17

6 / E

6 / C

6*

9.3

f

Bilateral spastic

Left

Right

1

2

110

51

31

28

0 / C

6 / B

7*

13.7

m

Mixed: ataxic, dystonia and bilateral spastic

Right

Left

2

2

100

49

28

23

6 / D

10 / A

8*

14.6

f

Ataxic

Left

Right

2

2

94

44

16

34

5 / D

9 / A

9

17.9

m

Unilateral spastic

Right

Left

3

2

105

46

33

26

12 / F

12 / C

10

18

m

Ataxic

Left

Right

2

1

124

54

35

35

2 / E

9 / A

11

13.3

m

Unilateral spastic

Right

Left

3

1

111

47

30

34

0 / D

4 / A

12

8.4

m

Unilateral spastic

Right

Left

2

1

122

56

31

35

0 / D

5 / A

13*

13.4

m

Mixed: dystonia and bilateral spastic

Right

Left

2

4

75

38

18

19

0 / D

6 / A

  1. Patients with ID 4 and 5 had to be excluded due to compliance issues. Patients marked with a superscript star (*) additionally performed the 8-day-retention test. The length and spring (for the weight support) settings of the upper and lower arm of the ARMEO Spring® could vary between 0 and 12 (upper arm length), 1–12 (lower arm length), A-I (upper arm spring tension), and A-E (lower arm spring tension)
  2. Abbreviations: ID identification number, f female, m male, MACS Manual Ability Classification System, GMFCS Gross Motor Function Classification System, WeeFIM pediatric Functional Independence Measure, S-C self-care domain, Mob mobility domain, Cog cognition domain