Therapeutic effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on patients with spastic cerebral palsy and Rett syndrome: clinical and ultrasonographic findings

Table 1 Demographic data of children with spastic cerebral palsy and Rett syndrome

No.	Age (years) (Mean ± SEM)	P^a	Gender (M: F)	P^b	Body weight (kg) (Mean ± SEM)	P^c	Baseline GMFM (Median)	P^d
CP	7.8 ± 1.5	0.079	6: 9	0.123	21.9 ± 3.2	0.938	23.42	0.087
1	9		F		27.0		0.00
2	5		M		16.4		23.42
3	3		M		9.5		8.33
4	4		F		16.6		54.33
5	8		M		41.3		92.87
6	5		F		17.7		18.49
7	4		F		9.1		9.39
8	3		F		11.2		80.94
9	3		M		11.5		16.27
10	6		M		15.4		70.42
11	7		M		20.9		99.44
12	7		F		15.3		12.80
13	21		F		39.6		3.53
14	20		F		48.0		36.00
15	15		F		29.0		60.47

Rett	14.5 ± 2.9	0: 6	29.3 ± 3.3	24.85
1	18	F	37.0	15.11
2	19	F	28.0	18.55
3	17	F	41.6	70.58
4	6	F	20.0	42.09
5	22	F	31.0	13.63
6	5	F	18.0	31.14

P^a: CP_age versus Rett_age; P^b: CP_gender versus Rett_gender; P^c: CP_{body weight} versus Rett_{body weight}, P^d: CP_GMFM versus Rett_GMFM
CP Cerebral palsy, RTT Rett syndrome, GMFM Gross motor function measure, SEM Standard error of the mean

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