Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 1 Comparison of subject characteristics between groups I and II

From: Functional progressive resistance exercise versus eccentric muscle control in children with hemiplegia: a randomized controlled trial

	Group I (FPRE)	Group II (EMCE)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	MD	t-value	p-value
Age (years)	8.75 ± 2.15	8.65 ± 1.87	0.1	0.15	0.87
Weight (kg)	22.15 ± 3.51	22 ± 3.24	0.15	0.14	0.88
Height (cm)	122.9 ± 4.3	123.3 ± 4.34	− 0.4	− 0.29	0.77
BMI (kg/m²)	14.57 ± 1.37	14.38 ± 1.58	0.19	0.41	0.67
Sex, n (%)
Girls	7 (35%)	10 (50%)		(χ² = 0.92)	0.33
Boys	13 (65%)	10 (50%)		(χ² = 0.92)	0.33

SD standard deviation, MD mean difference, χ² chi-squared value, p value probability value

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