Table 2 Differences in MM characteristics according to manual ability (MACS levels).

From: The impact of brain lesion characteristics and the corticospinal tract wiring on mirror movements in unilateral cerebral palsy

  

MACS I

MACS II

MACS III

p

More-affected hand

MM-similarity

Me (IQR)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

0.03a

MM-intensity

Me (IQR)

12.8 (7.0–17.6)

35.4 (16.7–74.8)

61.6 (43.2–78.5)

0.004b

Less-affected hand

MM-similarity

Me (IQR)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.5 (0.4–0.7)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

 < 0.001a

MM-intensity

Me (IQR)

6.7 (3.9–10.7)

42.2 (19.6–77.5)

21.6 (11.7–57.8)

0.006a

  1. Me, median; IQR, interquartile range; MM, mirror movements; MACS, manual ability classification system.
  2. aMACS I versus MACS II.
  3. bMACS I versus MACS III.