Gait Analysis before and after Gastrocnemius Fascia Lengthening for Spastic Equinus Foot Deformity in a 10-Year-Old Diplegic Child

Table 3

Summary of kinetic parameters (mean and standard deviation) for analysed patient (CP patient; right and left side) in the examined sessions and normative data (Control Group, CG).

	CP patient PRE		CP patient POST1		CP patient POST2		CG
			(2 months)		(10 months)
	right	left	right	left	right	left
Ankle Dorsi-Plantarflexion Moment (N*m/Kg)
Max ADPM in St	1.1 (0.1)	0.9 (0.1)	0.6 (0.2)^∗	0.4 (0.1)^∗	0.5 (0.2)^∗	0.6 (0.3)^∗	1.3 (0.2)
Ankle Power (W/Kg)
Max push-off	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.2)	0.5 (0.2)^∗	0.3 (0.3)^∗	0.5 (0.3)^∗	0.6 (0.1)^∗	3.9 (1.2)
Knee Flex-Extension Moment (N*m/Kg)
Max KFEM in St	1.5 (0.1)	0.7 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)^∗	0.6 (0.2)^∗	1.0 (0.1)^∗	0.5 (0.1)	0.1 (0.2)
Knee Power (W/Kg)
Min in St	−0.8(0.1)	−0.7(0.2)	−0.2(0.1)^∗	−0.5(0.2)^∗	−1.3(0.2)^+	−1.0(0.2)^+	−0.1(0.2)
Hip Flex-Extension Moment (N*m/Kg)
Max HFEM in St	2.1 (0.3)	1.1 (0.2)	1.2(0.2)^∗	0.8 (0.4)	0.9(0.2)^∗	0.7(0.1)^∗	0.9 (0.3)
Hip Power (W/Kg)
Max in St	1.9 (0.2)	0.8 (0.1)	0.6(0.1)^∗	0.5 (0.2)	0.7(0.1)^∗	0.6 (0.1)	0.8 (0.3)

Abbreviations: Max: Maximum value; St: Stance phase; ADPM: Ankle Dorsi-Plantarflexion moment; KFEM: Knee Flex-Extension
Moment; HFEM: Hip Flex-Extension Moment.
^∗𝑃 <.05, PRE versus POST1 and POST2; ⁺𝑃<.05 POST1 versus POST2.