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1st Joint ESMAC-GCMAS Meeting - Análise de Marcha

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Figure 1. Scoring of pathological raw EMG patterns (figures 1a – c see text)<br />

The 76 extremities were grouped according to the presence of compensations. The number of<br />

pathological clinical findings (weakness of antigravity muscles, leg length discrepancy,<br />

restrictions in RoM and in muscle lengths) within the 2 groups was compared using the chisquare<br />

test. The Spearman rank correlation was used to investigate if variables were<br />

inter<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt.<br />

Results and Discussion<br />

The presence of abnormal muscle activity correlated best with muscle weakness (Spearman’s<br />

correlation p

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