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 1 Demographic characteristics and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels of participants

Item	Treatment group (total: 32 participants)	Control group (total: 31 participants)	t/χ²	p
Sex (F/M)	9/23	13/18	1.321	0.250
Age (years)	7.63 ± 2.459	9.19 ± 2.315	−2.605	0.012
Height (cm)	100.062 ± 11.725	106.483 ± 9.807	2.354	0.022
Weight (kg)	15.403 ± 4.854	17.755 ± 6.071	1.701	0.094
BMI	15.150 ± 2.384	15.555 ± 4.667	0.437	0.664
GMFCS (III/IV/V)	5/15/12	6/10/15	1.103	0.576

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