Clinical Study

Frontal Plane Motion of the Pelvis and Hip during Gait Stance Discriminates Children with Diplegia Levels I and II of the GMFCS

Table 1

Mean (SD) or frequency (%) and mean difference (95% CI) of the anthropometric characteristics between the groups of children with diplegia levels I and II of the GMFCS.

CharacteristicGroupsDifference between groups
Level ILevel IILevel I minus Level II
𝑁 = 1 1 𝑁 = 1 1

Age (year) mean (SD) 9.1 9.8 −0.7
( 2 . 3 ) ( 2 . 1 ) (−2.7 to 1.3)
Height (m), mean (SD) 1.3 1.3 0
( 0 . 1 ) ( 0 . 1 ) (−0.1 to 0.1)
BMI (Kg/m2) 16.7 17.2 −0.3
( 2 . 0 ) ( 3 . 8 ) (−3.2 to 2.2)
Sex (%)
 Females 3 4
 Males 8 7