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Table 5 PEDI scaled scores functional skills; self care and mobility.

From: Long-term outcomes five years after selective dorsal rhizotomy

 

Preop

Mean (SD)

6 m

Mean (SD)

12 m

Mean (SD)

18 m

Mean (SD)

3 yrs

Mean (SD)

5 yrs

Mean (SD)

p-value

Functional Skills, Self-care

GMFCS I–II

63.3 (9.1)

69.1 (10.4)

72.3 (10.4)

72.1 (7.0)

77.4 (7.3)

91.8 (10.1)

< 0.001

GMFCS III

59.6 (9.1)

64.0 (9.0)

65.2 (9.7)

67.2 (9.8)

70.7 (13.9)

75.9 (14.8)

NS

GMFCS IV–V

46.7 (6.2)

51.5 (6.6)

66.6 (6.8)

55.6 (6.8)

59.5 (8.1)

59.6 (8.3)

< 0.001

GMFCS I–V

54.2 (10.7)

59.1 (11.3)

61.4 (11.6)

62.7 (10.5)

66.9 (12.1)

72.0 (17.2)

< 0.001

Functional Skills, Mobility

GMFCS I–II

63.9 (8.8)

71.8 (11.6)

75.1 (10.7)

79.7 (12.7)

82.8 (13.5)

86.0 (13.5)

< 0.001

GMFCS III

51.1 (9.1)

60.3 (9.0)

62.7 (5.8)

64.2 (9.8)

67.7 (6.2)

73.4 (11.8)

< 0.001

GMFCS IV–V

35.4 (7.6)

42.6 (8.3)

46.9 (8.1)

48.4 (8.1)

52.8 (8.5)

52.3 (14.3)

< 0.001

GMFCS I–V

46.7 (14.7)

54.6 (15.7)

58.1 (14.7)

60.5 (16.5)

64.2 (15.9)

66.2 (19.8)

< 0.001

  1. Mean value, Standard deviation (SD) for all assessments in GMFCS I–II (n = 8), GMFCS III (n = 7), GMFCS IV–V (n = 15) and the group as a whole GMFCS I–V (n = 30). P-values obtained with Friedman's test: pre- 6, 12, 18 months, 3 and 5 years postoperatively.