Leg Spasticity and Ambulation in Multiple Sclerosis
Table 1
Mean, standard deviation, and range of values for demographic and clinical variables for the sample of persons who have multiple sclerosis with () and without () leg spasticity.
Variable
Group
Mean (SD)
Range
Statistic
value
Age (years)
No spasticity
47.7 (11.1)
30–64
2.38
<0.05
Spasticity
52.8 (7.6)
30–65
Height (cm)
No spasticity
167.8 (8.6)
157–187
1.03
ns
Spasticity
169.8 (9.3)
156–193
Weight (kg)
No spasticity
79.0 (17.2)
53–118
1.21
ns
Spasticity
84.5 (23.5)
46–138
MS duration
No spasticity
11.5 (9.7)
0–39
0.57
ns
Spasticity
10.3 (8.4)
0–39
EDSS (mdn)
No spasticity
3.5
2.0–6.5
3.73
<0.0001
Spasticity
6.0
2.5–6.5
Note: SD: standard deviation; mdn: median, ns: nonsignificant. Statistic represents value of parametric independent samples -test, with exception of EDSS that is nonparametric.
