Table 8.
Minimal detectable changes (MDCs), minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs), and mean pre- and post-intervention differences.
| Qualitative Functional Approach |
Functional Approach |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD | MCID | Mean Difference | Mean Difference | |
| QFM (%) | ||||
| Alignment | 13.5 | / | 13.5 | −3.3 |
| Coordination | 8.7 | / | 10.8 | −1.5 |
| Dissociation | 8.4 | / | 9.40 | −2.5 |
| Stability | 9.9 | / | 9.70 | −2.0 |
| Weight shift | 8.4 | / | 12.60 | −1.5 |
| GMFM (%) | ||||
| Dimension C | 7.90 | / | 1.88 | −0.59 |
| Dimension D | 7.23 | 6.09 | −1.07 | |
| II | 3.3 | 5.46 | −1.10 | |
| III | 4.1 | 6.83 | −1.03 | |
| Dimension E | 4.16 | 3.36 | 0.58 | |
| II | 4.5 | 4.26 | 0.99 | |
| III | 3.4 | 1.85 | 0.00 | |
| TCMS | ||||
| Total TCMS | 6 | / | 2.38 | 1.08 |
| Gait capacity | ||||
| 1MWT (m) | / | |||
| II | 5.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | |
| III | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 | |
| mTUG (s) | / | |||
| II | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
| III | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | |
Meaningful differences are shown in italics and green. II: GMFCS level II; III: GMFCS level III; 1MWT: One-Minute Walk Test; m: meter; GMFM: Gross Motor Function Measure; mTUG: modified Timed-Up-and-Go test; s: seconds; QFM: Quality Function Measure; TCMS: Trunk Control Measurement Scale.