The effect of combined transcranial pulsed current stimulation and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on lower limb spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized and controlled clinical study

Table 3 Intra-group Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) scores pre and post treatment

Item	Experimental group (32 cases)		Control group (31 cases)		Experimental group (pre vs post)	Control group (pre vs post)
Item	Baseline	Post-treatment	Baseline	Post-treatment	Z/p	Z/p
Adductor
Left	2.29 ± 1.56	1.10 ± 0.68	1.93 ± 1.174	2.37 ± 1.43	−3.172/0.002	−1.313/0.189
Right	2.29 ± 1.485	1.01 ± 0.58	1.98 ± 1.18	2.41 ± 1.44	− 3.788/0.000	− 1.335/0.182
Hamstring tendon
Left	2.10 ± 1.29	1.07 ± 0.58	1.71 ± 0.87	2.25 ± 1.04	− 3.905/0.000	−2.084/0.037
Right	2.06 ± 1.22	1.06 ± 0.61	1.82 ± 0.86	2.32 ± 1.05	− 3.964/0.000	−1.936/0.053
Gastrocnemius
Left	2.84 ± 1.18	2.00 ± 0.89	2.59 ± 1.11	3.19 ± 1.13	−2.677/0.007	−2.081/0.037
Right	2.84 ± 1.24	2.03 ± 0.98	2.69 ± 1.18	3.33 ± 1.12	− 2.672/0.008	− 2.269/0.023

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