Table 5.

Spearman’s rank correlation between MAS, stiffness, and FMA synergy.

	MAS spasticity
Stiffness	Hip flexor	Hip extensor	Knee flexor	Knee extensor	Ankle dorsiflexor	Ankle plantarflexor
Hip	0.459	0575*	0.279*	0.169	0.234	0.041
Knee	0.204	0.124	0.592*	0.697*	0.271	− 0.039
Ankle	− 0.037	− 0.014	0.025	0.168	0.684*	0.600*

	FMA synergy
	Flexor synergy			Extensor synergy
Hip	− 0.01			0.01
Knee	0.16			− 0.18
Ankle	− 0.42*			− 0.31

	MAS spasticity
FMA synergy	Hip flexor	Hip extensor	Knee flexor	Knee extensor	Ankle dorsiflexor	Ankle plantarflexor
Flexor synergy	− 0.14	− 0.04	− 0.43*	0.01	− 0.41	− 0.14
Extensor synergy	0.01	− 0.22	− 0.01	− 0.43*	− 0.27	− 0.07

MAS modified Ashworth scale, FMA Fugl-Meyer assessment; *Aenotes within-group significance at P < 0.05.