. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Jul;62(7):917–923. doi: 10.1002/acr.20165

Table 2.

Gait parameters during walking.

	Barefoot	Clog	Stability shoe	Flat walking shoe	Flip-Flop
Speed (meters/second)	1.10± 0.17	1.08± 0.17	1.12± 0.18	1.12± 0.17	1.10± 0.17
Stride (meters/height)	0.71± 0.07^b ^c ^d	0.75± 0.06^a	0.77± 0.07^a ^e	0.75± 0.06	0.73± 0.07
Cadence (steps/minute)	110± 12^b ^c	105± 9^a ^e	105± 10^a ^e	108± 9	109± 10^b ^c
Knee ROM (degrees)	58± 6^c ^d ^e	58± 6^c ^d ^e	63± 6^a ^b	65± 6^a ^b ^e	62± 6^a ^b ^d
Hip ROM (degrees)	26± 7	27± 6	28± 6	27± 5	27± 6
Ankle ROM (degrees)	27± 6^b ^c ^d	23± 4 ^a ^c ^d ^e	30± 4 ^a ^b ^e	30± 5^a ^b ^e	27± 6^b ^c ^d

All values are reported as mean (standard deviation); ROM: range of motion

p<0.05 with following pair-wise comparisons:

compared to barefoot walking

compared to clogs

compared to stability shoes

compared to flat walking shoe

compared to flip flops