Table 2 Functional F tests for the whole gait cycle and F tests from univariate repeated-measurements (R-M) ANOVA for minimal and maximal angles.

From: Testing Gait with Ankle-Foot Orthoses in Children with Cerebral Palsy by Using Functional Mixed-Effects Analysis of Variance

 

Functional F test

Univariate R-M ANOVA (F value (p.))

degrees of freedom

\( {\mathcal F} \) value (p.)

minimal angle

maximal angle

Pelvis

coronal

(2.12, 57.30)

1.89(0.16)

0.02(0.88)

0.16(0.69)

sagittal

(1.41, 38.02)

0.38(0.61)

0.39(0.54)

0.02(0.89)

horizontal

(1.77, 47.83)

1.61(0.21)

0.58(0.07)

0.51(0.48)

Hip

coronal

(2.77, 74.76)

0.98(0.40)

0.02(0.88)

0.24(0.63)

sagittal

(2.37, 63.99)

2.53(0.08)

7.21(0.01)*

0.48(0.49)

horizontal

(1.29, 34.98)

0.18(0.74)

0.08(0.77)

0.09(0.77)

Knee

coronal

(1.66, 44.82)

1.04(0.35)

1.06(0.31)

1.00(0.33)

sagittal

(3.53, 95.36)

3.07(0.02)*

2.08(0.16)

3.42(0.08)

horizontal

(1.38, 37.39)

2.60(0.10)

0.26(0.61)

8.02(<0.01)*

Ankle

coronal

(1.12, 30.23)

5.95(0.02)*

6.85(0.01)*

2.71(0.11)

sagittal

(1.42, 38.44)

8.25(<0.01)*

21.1(<0.01)*

4.15(0.05)*

horizontal

(1.21, 32.72)

0.87(0.38)

2.45(0.13)

0.95(0.34)

Foot

coronal

(1.15, 30.96)

3.10(0.08)

2.85(0.10)

0.68(0.42)

sagittal

(2.29, 61.80)

3.61(0.03)*

2.49(0.12)

21.5(<0.01)*

horizontal

(1.72, 46.39)

5.27(0.01)*

3.05(0.09)

7.09(0.01)*

  1. Degrees of freedom for the univariate R-M ANOVA are (1, 27) for all segments and *indicates significance at the 0.05 significance level.
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