Table 5 Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) scores across groups pre- and post- treatment

 R1

17.63 ± 9.27

35.91 ± 7.90

20.23 ± 8.19

19.81 ± 12.10

−8.996/0.000

0.190/0.851

 R2

25.41 ± 11.06

46.16 ± 9.73

29.13 ± 10.78

27.68 ± 14.77

−9.777/0.000

0.538/0.594

 R2-R1

7.78 ± 4.93

10.25 ± 3.34

8.90 ± 4.42

7.87 ± 3.74

−2.760/0.010

1.057/0.299

 R1

17.00 ± 6.24

34.50 ± 9.36

15.77 ± 6.90

16.00 ± 9.29

−8.930/0.000

−0.125/0.901

 R2

25.59 ± 6.94

45.47 ± 10.34

21.87 ± 8.55

23.13 ± 11.49

−9.667/0.000

−0.594/0.557

 R2-R1

8.59 ± 3.21

10.97 ± 3.70

6.10 ± 3.32

7.13 ± 3.86

−3.263/0.003

−1.132/0.266

 R1

130.66 ± 26.81

142.56 ± 14.91

130.03 ± 25.86

112.26 ± 21.08

−1.893/0.068

3.481/0.002

 R2

148.13 ± 21.87

160.31 ± 17.03

148.16 ± 20.61

127.81 ± 25.50

−1.989/0.056

3.743/0.001

 R2-R1

17.47 ± 14.93

17.75 ± 7.81

18.13 ± 12.61

15.55 ± 9.09

−0.114/0.910

1.154/0.258

 R1

128.13 ± 29.12

143.53 ± 16.61

129.65 ± 24.42

109.74 ± 24.38

4.486/0.045

4.386/0.000

 R2

147.66 ± 24.98

163.69 ± 19.34

149.19 ± 21.18

127.55 ± 29.82

−2.284/0.029

3.996/0.000

 R2-R1

19.53 ± 16.62

20.16 ± 8.27

19.55 ± 13.11

17.81 ± 13.13

−0.221/0.827

0.637/0.529

 R1

93.12 ± 28.05

68.75 ± 23.55

80.48 ± 23.143

93.71 ± 31.38

3.665/0.001

−3.561/0.001

 R2

104.22 ± 25.18

84.38 ± 20.94

95.16 ± 20.10

102.90 ± 26.55

4.282/0.000

−2.179/0.037

 R2-R1

11.09 ± 8.956

15.63 ± 5.198

14.68 ± 12.970

9.19 ± 6.59

−3.177/0.003

2.761/0.010

 R1

89.84 ± 30.77

65.31 ± 2314

86.45 ± 26.115

91.68 ± 30.16

3.994/0.000

−1.183/0.246

 R2

102.66 ± 27.20

80.94 ± 19.40

97.42 ± 22.76

102.26 ± 25.52

4.486/0.000

−1.311/0.200

 R2-R1

12.81 ± 11.284

15.63 ± 8.684

10.97 ± 11.862

10.58 ± 8.590

− 1.509/0.141

0.162/0.873