Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 2 Mean functional reach distance and GMFM-88 pre and post-treatment of the 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
Forward reach distance (cm)
Pre treatment	21.15 ± 1.81	20.45 ± 1.87	0.7	1.19	0.23
Post treatment	26.9 ± 2.57	24.95 ± 2.37	1.95	2.49	0.01
MD	− 5.75	− 4.5
% of change	27.19	22
t-value	− 16.94	− 24.32
	*p = 0.001*	*p = 0.001*
Sideward reach distance (cm)
Pre treatment	11.4 ± 3.71	10.8 ± 4.43	0.6	0.46	0.64
Post treatment	17.7 ± 4.48	14.15 ± 4.47	3.55	2.51	0.01
MD	− 6.3	− 3.35
% of change	55.26	31.02
t-value	− 17.68	− 22.33
	*p = 0.001*	*p = 0.001*
GMFM-88
Pre treatment	60.3 ± 2.12	59.4 ± 2.81	0.9	1.14	0.26
Post treatment	67.55 ± 1.87	64.5 ± 2.3	3.05	4.58	0.001
MD	− 7.25	− 5.1
% of change	12.02	8.59
t-value	− 16.68	− 13.31
	*p = 0.001*	*p = 0.001*

SD standard deviation, MD mean difference, p-value level of significance

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