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Table 1 Univariate analysis between ITW and restricted range of joint motion in the ankle joint versus controls.

From: Idiopathic toe-walking in children, adolescents and young adults: a matter of local or generalised stiffness?

 

ITW and restricted range of joint motion in the ankle joint (n = 31)

Controls

(n = 317)

Mean difference

(95% CI)

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

 

Age (years)

15.2 (2.0)

14.0 (4.0)

-1.2 (-2.6, 0.3)

Body height (cm)

170.9 (10.5)

160.6 (18.6)

-10.2 (-16.9, -3.6)

Body weight (kg)

59.3 (10.7)

51.6 (17.2)

-7.8 (-13.9, -1.6)

Hours sport activities/week

3.1 (0.7)

2.9 (2.1)

-0.2 (-1.0, 0.5)

Total range of joint motion (degrees)

1403.4 (62.9)

1428.7 (57.9)

25.35 (3.7, 47.0)

Range of joint motion ankle joint dorsal extension (mean, sd; range)

- 0.4 (1.3; 0 - -5)

9.2 (5.2;0.1-22.5)

-9.2 (-11.1, -7.2)

Total muscle strength (N.)

1326.1 (313.2)

1140 (372.8)

-185.5 (-323.4,-47.5)

Quantitative bone ultrasound BUA (dB/MHz)

68.9 (13.5)

65.5 (16.6)

-3.4 (-9.5, 2.6)

Quantitative bone ultrasound SOS (m/s)

1556.5 (25.2)

1567.7 (29.0)

11.1 (0.5, 21.8)

  1. Values are means (sd); BUA: broadband ultrasound attenuation, SOS: speed of sound. Total range of joint motion was a summation of all measurements without the ankle joint. Statistically significant associations are given in bold face.