Table 4 Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) scores between experimental and control groups pre- and post- treatment

 R1

17.63 ± 9.27

35.91 ± 7.90

20.23 ± 8.19

19.81 ± 12.10

−1.178/0.243

6.269/0.000

 R2

25.41 ± 11.06

46.16 ± 9.73

29.13 ± 10.78

27.68 ± 14.77

−1.352/0.182

5.880/0.000

 R2-R1

7.78 ± 4.93

10.25 ± 3.34

8.90 ± 4.42

7.87 ± 3.74

−0.949/0.346

2.661/0.010

 R1

17.00 ± 6.24

34.50 ± 9.36

15.77 ± 6.90

16.00 ± 9.29

0.739/0.462

7.868/0.000

 R2

25.59 ± 6.94

45.47 ± 10.34

21.87 ± 8.55

23.13 ± 11.49

1.900/0.062

8.114/0.000

 R2-R1

8.59 ± 3.21

10.97 ± 3.70

6.10 ± 3.32

7.13 ± 3.86

3.034/0.004

4.029/0.000

 R1

130.66 ± 26.81

142.56 ± 14.91

130.03 ± 25.86

112.26 ± 21.08

0.094/0.925

6.602/0.000

 R2

148.13 ± 21.87

160.31 ± 17.03

148.16 ± 20.61

127.81 ± 25.50

−0.007/0.995

5.966/0.000

 R2-R1

17.47 ± 14.93

17.75 ± 7.81

18.13 ± 12.61

15.55 ± 9.09

−0.189/0.851

1.032/0.306

 R1

128.13 ± 29.12

143.53 ± 16.61

129.65 ± 24.42

109.74 ± 24.38

0.224/0.823

6.445/0.000

 R2

147.66 ± 24.98

163.69 ± 19.34

149.19 ± 21.18

127.55 ± 29.82

−0.263/0.793

5.724/0.000

 R2-R1

19.53 ± 16.62

20.16 ± 8.27

19.55 ± 13.11

17.81 ± 13.13

−0.005/0.996

0.852/0.397

 R1

104.22 ± 25.18

93.71 ± 31.38

80.48 ± 23.143

84.38 ± 20.93

1.948/0.056

−3.578/0.001

 R2

93.13 ± 28.048

102.90 ± 26.54

95.16 ± 20.10

68.75 ± 23.55

1.575/0.121

−3.081/0.003

 R2-R1

11.09 ± 8.956

15.63 ± 5.198

14.68 ± 12.970

9.19 ± 6.59

1.280/0.206

4.306/0.000

 R1

102.66 ± 27.20

91.68 ± 30.164

86.45 ± 26.115

65.31 ± 23.13

0.827/0.411

−3.900/0.00

 R2

89.84 ± 30.756

102.26 ± 25.52

149.19 ± 21.18

80.94 ± 19.40

0.471/0.639

−3.740/0.00

 R2-R1

12.81 ± 11.284

15.63 ± 8.684

10.97 ± 11.862

10.58 ± 8.590

0.633/0.529

2.317/0.024