Figure 2.

Symmetry ratios for step length (A and C) and stance time (B and D) for patient 1 (A and B) and patient 2 (C and D). Symmetry ratios were calculated as paretic/nonparetic and inverted, if necessary, to be >1.0.^1,29 Patient 1 trained to improve his step length symmetry ratio. Symmetry ratios are provided for him at pretraining, posttraining, and 10-week follow-up with (black) and without (white) his cane. Patient 2 trained to improve her stance time symmetry ratio. She walked exclusively without a cane at pretraining, posttraining, and at 10-week follow-up. For both patients, the normal ratio is shaded in gray (step length: 1.00–1.08; stance time: 1.00–1.05).¹