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Table 3.

Temporal-distance gait measures for the control and THA groups

Temporal-distance measure	Control subjects	Patients undergoing THA			p Values
Temporal-distance measure	Control subjects	Presurgery	6 weeks postsurgery	16 weeks postsurgery	p Values
Gait velocity (m/second)	1.28 (0.17)	1.00 (0.26)	1.06 (0.22)	1.19 (0.16)	< 0.0001^‡
Gait velocity (m/second)	1.28 (0.17)	1.00 (0.26)	1.06 (0.22)	1.19 (0.16)	0.0024^§
Stride length^*	0.80 (0.08)	0.64 (0.14)	0.67 (0.10)	0.73 (0.07)	< 0.0001^‡
Stride length^*	0.80 (0.08)	0.64 (0.14)	0.67 (0.10)	0.73 (0.07)	0.0005^§
Step width^†	0.36 (0.07)	0.44 (0.09)	0.43 (0.07)	0.41 (0.07)	0.1205^‡
Step width^†	0.36 (0.07)	0.44 (0.09)	0.43 (0.07)	0.41 (0.07)	0.0066^§
Stride time (seconds)	1.06 (0.09)	1.13 (0.11)	1.12 (0.13)	1.07 (0.09)	0.0073^‡
Stride time (seconds)	1.06 (0.09)	1.13 (0.11)	1.12 (0.13)	1.07 (0.09)	0.0949^§

Values are expressed as means, with standard deviations in parentheses; ^*normalized to body height; ^†normalized to anterior superior iliac spine width; ^‡time effects; ^§group effects.