Functional Stretching Exercise Submitted for Spastic Diplegic Children: A Randomized Control Study

Table 2

Pretreatment comparison between right and left sides in each group.

Variables	Control group		𝑃 value	Study group		𝑃 value
	RT; 𝑋±SD	LT; 𝑋±SD		RT; 𝑋±SD	LT; 𝑋±SD
H∖M ratio	0.75±0.09	0.77±0.07	0.348*	0.76±0.07	0.75±0.01	0.792*
Popliteal angle	77.2±5.58	76.93±5.63	0.77*	7.6±7.32	76.3±7.56	0.313*
Stride length	79.46±7.8	81.13±5.82	0.16*	75.46±19.5	80.53±6.0	0.269*
Stride speed	0.56±0.09	0.59±0.6	0.234*	0.6±0.11	0.59±0.085	0.539*
Stance phase %	72.86±3.7	71.66±3.19	0.212*	71.33±4.16	70.6±4	0.469*

𝑋±SD: mean ± standard deviation; 𝑃: level of significant; *nonsignificant.