Do Three Different Passive Assessments of Quadriceps Spasticity Relate to the Functional Activity of Walking for Children Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy?

Table 4

Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios for clinical measures of spasticity ( subjects).

Spasticity measure	Overall accuracy	Sensitivity; (95% CI)	Specificity; (95% CI)	Positive likelihood ratio; (95% CI)	Negative likelihood ratio; (95% CI)
A1 of pendulum test	77%	0.87; (0.75–0.99)	0.68; (0.53–0.83)	2.69; (1.66–4.37)	0.19; (0.07–0.49)
MAS	69%	0.48; (0.31–0.66)	0.87; (0.76–0.98)	3.59; (1.47–8.76)	0.60; (0.42–0.86)
Ely-F	62%	0.52; (0.34–0.69)	0.70; (0.55–0.85)	1.74; (0.95–3.17)	0.69; (0.45–1.05)
Ely-S	71%	0.61; (0.44–0.78)	0.78; (0.65–0.91)	2.84; (1.45–5.57)	0.50; (0.31–0.80)