Table 1.
Participant Baseline Characteristics.
| ID | Side of paresis | Sex | Age (y) | Time since stroke (y) | Functional gait assessment (out of 30) | Usual device | Walking speed (m/s) | Energy cost of walking (ml O2/kg/m) | Spatiotemporal asymmetry | Cadence (steps/min) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step time | Stance time | Swing time | Step length | ||||||||||
| 1 | Left | M | 46.5 | 12.6 | 20 | None | 1.43 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 121.9 |
| 2 | Right | M | 36.8 | 7.4 | 19 | AFO | 0.96 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 96.8 |
| 3 | Right | M | 55.5 | 3.1 | 12 | AFO | 0.64 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 80.2 |
| 4 | Right | M | 66.8 | 21.5 | 13 | None | 0.60 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 87.4 |
| 5 | Right | F | 57.0 | 9.6 | 24 | None | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 105.5 |
| 6 | Left | M | 66.5 | 9.2 | 15 | AFO | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 76.5 |
| 7 | Left | M | 77.2 | 7.1 | 18 | Bioness | 1.03 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 105.3 |
| 8 | Right | M | 35.0 | 5.2 | 28 | None | 1.30 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 109.6 |
| 9 | Left | F | 63.4 | 7.6 | 27 | None | 1.37 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 116.1 |
| 10 | Right | F | 64.0 | 7.4 | — | AFO and SBQC | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 67.7 |
| Med | — | — | 60.2 | 7.50 | 19 | — | 0.98 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 101.0 |
| Semi-IQR | — | — | 8.6 | 1.16 | 4.50 | — | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 13.3 |
Abbreviations: Med, median; y, year; m/s, meters/second; M, male; F, female; AFO, ankle-foot orthosis; SBQC, small base quad cane; IQR, interquartile range.