(in vivo Gastrocnemius Muscle) Tendon Ratio in Patients with Cerebral Palsy

Table 2: Demographics and measurements of di/hemiplegic children.

				GM Muscle	GL Muscle
Sex	Height	Age	Leg length	length	length
F	120	9	27.5	12	10.6
F	117	8	26	12.1	11.4
F	126.5	8	27	11.8	9.6
F	148	13	34	15	13.5
F	158	13	37	18.5	18.5
F	113.5	5.6	25	10.7	10.8
F	92	3	19.6	8.6	8.1
	Mean	8.7	28	12.7	11.9
	Median	8	27	12	10.8
M	80	2.8	17	8.3	7.8
M	127	9	26	13	12.8
M	157	14	38.8	13.7	11.6
	Mean	8.7	27.3	11.7	10.7
	Median	9	26	13	11.6

Key: GM = Gastrocnemius medial, GL = Gastrocnemius lateral.

Typically developing children were significantly (p<0.05) taller (134.4cm [13.5] vs 121.4cm [19.2]) and heavier (32.7kg [10.7] vs 25.5kg [110]) than those with hemi/diplegia (Table 3). They also had longer legs (31.0cm [3.9] vs 26.9cm [5.7])) and smaller resting ankle joint angles (25 ° [⁶] vs 38° [⁷]).