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

Table 4

Comparison between both groups in all measured variable.

Variable	Time	Control group	Study group	𝑃 value	Standard error
		𝑋±SD	𝑋±SD
H∖M ratio	Before	0.75±0.09	0.76±0.07	0.66**	0.28
	After	0.55±0.04	0.39±00.7	0.001*	0.27
	𝑃 value	0.001*	0.001*
	Standard error	0.192	0.14
Popliteal angle	Before	77.2±5.58	77.6±7.32	0.868**	1.53
	After	85±5.71	91.8±5.7	0.003*	1.36
	𝑃 value	0.001*	0.001*
	Standard error	0.3	0.63
Stride length	Before	79.46±7.8	75.46±19.5	0.468**	1.77
	After	87.4±7.45	94.46±3.87	0.003*	1.61
	𝑃 value	0.001*	0.001*
	Standard error	0.3	0.98
Stride speed	Before	0.56±0.09	0.6±0.11	0.325**	0.03
	After	0.836±0.89	0.94±0.038	0.001*	0.01
	𝑃 value	0.001*	0.001*
	Standard error	0.27	0.26
Stance phase %	Before	72.86±3.7	71.33±4.16	0.296**	1.45
	After	67.5±3.79	63.73±1.48	0.001*	1.14
	𝑃 value	0.001*	0.001*
	Standard error	1.54	1.19

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