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Table 2 Muscle morphology of the gastrocnemius medialis in children with cerebral palsy and typically developing children

From: Muscle and tendon morphology alterations in children and adolescents with mild forms of spastic cerebral palsy

 

CP

TD

Effect size

Fascicle length (cm)

3.4 (1.0)*

4.4 (0.8)

1.12

Fascicle length (normalized to MTU)

0.09 (0.02)**

0.11 (0.02)

1.31

Fascicle length (normalized to muscle belly length)

0.19 (0.04)

0.20 (0.03)

0.29

Pennation angle (°)

21.9 (2.9)**

18.1 (2.7)

−1.36

Muscle thickness (cm)

1.3 (0.4)

1.3 (0.2)

0.00

  1. Values are reported in mean (standard deviation). CP cerebral palsy; TD typically developing; MTU muscle-tendon unit
  2. *significantly different from TD, p < .05
  3. **significantly different from TD, p < .01
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BMC Pediatrics

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