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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Locomotion and cadence detection using a single trunk-fixed accelerometer: validity for children with cerebral palsy in daily life-like conditions

 

TD (n = 11)

CP-GMFCS I-III (n = 15)

Gender

Number of girls in the group (%)

5 (45)

8 (55)

Age in years Mean(SD)

13.5(2.9)

12.8(3.1)

Gait pattern

normal

GMFCS I: close to normal (n = 3), drop foot (n = 3), stiff knee (n = 1)

GMFCS II-III: crouch gait (n = 4), equinus and recurvatum knees/stiff knees (n = 3), jump knee(n = 1)

Clinical profile

 

GMFCS I: hemiplegia (n = 4), diplegia (n = 3)

GMFCS II-III: diplegia (n = 4), trilegia (n = 2), tetraplegia (n = 1), hereditary spastic paraplegia (n = 1)