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. 2013 Mar 3;2013:410972. doi: 10.1155/2013/410972

Table 2.

Relationships between body weight and speed with gait parameters.

Body weight Speed
Sham MCAO Sham MCAO
P cc P value P cc P value P cc P value P cc P value
Infarct volume −0.85 0.015* Body weight −0.01 0.95 −0.02 0.90
Run duration Stride length
 LF −0.04 0.83 0.08 0.68  LF 0.86 <0.0001*** 0.77 <0.0001***
 RF −0.05 0.84 0.07 0.65  RF 0.73 <0.0001*** 0.75 <0.0001***
Swing speed Stance
 LF 0.50 0.012* 0.09 0.62  LF −0.92 <0.0001*** −0.87 <0.0001***
 RF 0.42 0.042* 0.10 0.61  RF −0.93 <0.0001*** −0.87 <0.0001***
Max intesity Max contact area
 LF 0.42 0.042* 0.20 0.28  LF −0.03 0.88 −0.49 0.0086**
 RF 0.40 0.049* 0.23 0.23  RF −0.24 0.26 −0.49 0.0083**
Max contact area Max intensity
 LF 0.45 0.02* 0.40 0.05*  LF 0.18 0.40 −0.33 0.09
 RF 0.49 0.014* 0.46 0.012*  RF −0.19 0.36 −0.20 0.30
Print width Print width
 LF 0.53 0.007** 0.54 0.003**  LF 0.33 0.12 0.11 0.59
 RF 0.38 0.07 0.58 0.0013**  RF 0.05 0.80 0.10 0.63
Toe spread Toe spread
 LF 0.62 0.008** 0.53 0.0005***  LF 0.18 0.40 0.11 0.59
 RF 0.40 0.05* 0.56 0.002**  RF 0.31 0.14 0.27 0.17
Stride length Base of support
 LF 0.10 0.62 0.11 0.56  Forelimb 0.08 0.71 0.15 0.46
 RF 0.18 0.40 0.21 0.29  Hindlimb 0.08 0.70 0.28 0.15

RF: right forepaw; LF: left forepaw.

*P < 0.05.

**P < 0.01.

***P < 0.001.