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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Daily functional electrical stimulation during everyday walking activities improves performance and satisfaction in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial

 

Treatment

Control

p value

Weight (kg)

38.5 (15.2)

37.4 (15.9)

0.850a

Gender

Male: 9

Male: 8

 

Female: 7

Female: 8

Side of hemiplegia

Right: 11

Right: 12

0.950a

 

Left: 5

Left: 4

GMFCS

I: 10

I: 10

 

II: 6

II: 6

WGH

I: 1

I: 0

II: 15

II: 16

Age

10y 11mo

10y 5mo

(3y 10mo)

(2y 8mo)

COPM

   

Performance

3.97 (1.42)

4.25 (1.42)

0.978a

Satisfaction

4.36 (1.69)

4.18 (0.99)

0.719a

  1. a independent samples t test; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System, WGH Winters Gage and Hicks, COPM Canadian Occupational performance Measure