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. 2025 Jul 28;7(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s42466-025-00409-9

Table 2.

Between-group comparison of device-based gait parameters at T1

PD-MCT GCT ∆GCT – PD-MCT
Mdn IQR MRank Mdn IQR MRank U Z p r
Straight Walk Normal Pace T1 n = 100 n = 97
Number of Steps 35.24 4.12 99.87 35.00 8.64 98.10 4763.00 − 0.22 0.829 0.02
Velocity, m/s 1.09 0.35 123.15 0.84 0.31 74.11 2435.50 − 6.04  < 0.001 0.43
Step length, ma 0.59 0.07 113.19 0.56 0.08 84.37 3431.00 − 3.55  < 0.001 0.25
Stride length, ma 1.17 0.14 113.61 1.11 0.16 83.94 3389.00 − 3.65  < 0.001 0.26
Cadence, steps/s 1.66 0.20 87.05 1.74 0.24 111.32 3655.00 − 2.99 0.003 − 0.21
Step time, sa 0.61 0.07 115.86 0.55 0.12 81.62 3164.00 − 4.21  < 0.001 0.30
Stride time, sa 1.20 0.13 116.65 1.10 0.26 80.80 3085.00 − 4.41  < 0.001 0.31
Single Limb Support, s 0.71 0.11 109.29 0.68 0.17 88.39 3821.00 − 2.57 0.010 − 0.18
Double Limb Support, s 0.44 0.06 114.26 0.41 0.09 83.27 3324.00 − 3.81  < 0.001 0.27
Step time variability 0.07 0.05 113.38 0.04 0.09 84.18 3412.00 − 3.59  < 0.001 0.25
Double Limb Support Variabilitya 0.06 0.05 111.98 0.03 0.09 85.62 3552.00 − 3.24 0.001 0.23
Asymmetry 0.03 0.04 94.01 0.04 0.05 104.14 4351.00 − 1.25 0.213 − 0.09
Straight Walk Fast Pace T1 n = 80 n = 71
Number of Steps 32.90 3.09 46.15 38.71 5.08 109.63 452.00 − 8.90  < 0.001 − 0.63
Velocity, m/s 1.49 0.50 99.60 1.10 0.29 49.41 952.00 − 7.04  < 0.001 0.50
Step length, m 0.59 0.08 96.63 0.53 0.08 52.76 1190.00 − 6.15  < 0.001 0.43
Stride length, m 1.16 0.14 95.40 1.06 0.14 54.14 1288.00 − 5.79  < 0.001 0.41
Cadence, steps/s 1.76 0.22 65.08 1.84 0.26 88.31 1966.00 − 3.26 0.001 − 0.23
Step time, s 0.56 0.05 82.59 0.54 0.06 68.58 2313.00 − 1.96 0.049 0.14
Stride time, s 1.10 0.09 80.26 1.09 0.13 71.20 2499.00 − 1.27 0.205 0.09
Single Limb Support, sa 0.68 0.08 84.40 0.65 0.12 66.54 2168.00 − 2.51 0.012 − 0.20
Double Limb Support, s 0.42 0.04 83.81 0.40 0.05 67.20 2215.00 − 2.33 0.020 0.16
Step time variabilitya 0.04 0.04 69.30 0.05 0.04 83.55 2304.00 − 2.00 0.046 − 0.14
Double Limb Support Variabilitya 0.03 0.04 70.75 0.04 0.03 81.92 2420.00 − 1.57 0.118 − 0.11
Asymmetrya 0.02 0.02 66.59 0.03 0.05 86.61 2087.00 − 2.81 0.005 − 0.20

Significant changes after Bonferroni-Correction (α = 0.004) are highlighted in bold

aDistribution of both samples differ

Mdn median, IQR Interquartile range, MRank Mean Rank, U U-Statistic, Z Z-Statistic, r Pearson correlation coefficient, PD-MCT Parkinson’s Disease Multimodal Complex Therapy, GCT Geriatric Complex Therapy