Quantitative Effects of Repeated Muscle Vibrations on Gait Pattern in a 5-Year-Old Child with Cerebral Palsy
Table 2
Mean (standard deviation) values of the spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters for the child in the PRE and POST sessions and for the control group (CG).
PRE
POST
CG
Right
Left
Right
Left
Spatiotemporal parameters
Velocity (m/s)
0.2 (0.2)
0.3 (0.1)
1.2 (0.2)
Stance (%)
78.0 (1.2)
69.0 (2.0)
71.3 (2.1)*
72.3 (1.2)
59.5 (1.5)
Step length (mm)
181.0 (9.8)
189.0 (3.9)
303.3 (4.0)*
206.7 (3.5)*
546.2 (42.4)
Pelvic tilt (°)
Mean value
28.1 (2.3)
29.7 (1.3)
17.2 (1.3)*
17.1 (2.3)*
8.8 (4.3)
ROM
12.8 (1.6)
11.8 (1.9)
12.8 (1.9)
11.0 (1.6)
1.6 (3.6)
Hip flex-extension (°)
IC
48.8 (2.3)
30.4 (1.5)
39.3 (5.1)*
38.5 (5.2)
27.2 (7.5)
Min St
18.1 (2.5)
8.7 (1.9)
1.2 (2.7)*
−9.3 (2.7)*
−12.9 (7.6)
Max Sw
64.1 (1.4)
46.8 (2.3)
48.1 (0.7)*
61.4 (1.8)*
32.4 (7.1)
Knee flex-extension (°)
IC
39.9 (2.4)
−5.1 (1.7)
29.4 (5.0)*
20.4 (6.1)*
6.7 (5.5)
Min St
13.8 (2.8)
−14.7 (2.4)
9.3 (4.8)*
−9.9 (2.1)
0.1 (3.8)
Max Sw
67.7 (3.6)
20.0 (2.6)
69.2 (4.5)
51.3 (1.7)*
56.3 (6.3)
ROM
53.9 (3.5)
34.6 (2.7)
61.3 (3.7)*
60.9 (3.0)*
55.8 (4.7)
Ankle dorsi-plantarflexion (°)
IC
−1.2 (2.6)
−28.1 (2.8)
−0.6 (2.0)
1.9 (3.7)*
1.8 (5.8)
Max St
3.4 (3.8)
−28.1 (2.5)
5.6 (6.0)
4.9 (3.7)*
12.2 (5.5)
Max Sw
−10.6 (2.9)
−10.0 (2.1)
4.8 (3.1)*
2.4 (3.9)*
5.8 (6.5)
Min St
−34.7 (1.8)
−37.8 (3.2)
−32.4 (1.9)
−20.8 (3.1)*
−12.8 (5.9)
ROM St
38.1 (4.1)
8.8 (2.9)
38.1 (0.7)
25.3 (2.6)*
23.4 (4.8)
, PRE versus POST. IC: initial Contact; Max: maximum value; min: minimum value; St: stance phase; Sw: swing phase; ROM: range of motion.
