Table 2.
Walking speeds in m/s in all gait conditions, for the control group (Contr.) and for patients (Pat.) pre- and postoperatively*
|
Speed |
Contr. |
Pat. preop. |
Pat. postop. |
Pat. preop. vs. contr. |
Pat. postop. vs. contr. |
Pat. postop. vs. preop. |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P-value | Cohens’s d | Effect size r | P-value | Cohens’s d | Effect size r | P-value | Cohens’s d | Effect size r | |
| Level |
1.38 |
0.15 |
1.18 |
0.07 |
1.20 |
0.12 |
0.034 |
1.71 |
0.65 |
0.021 |
1.33 |
0.55 |
0.484 |
|
|
| Up stairs |
0.52 |
0.06 |
0.50 |
0.05 |
0.49 |
0.05 |
0.329 |
|
|
0.242 |
|
|
0.176 |
|
|
| Down stairs | 0.55 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.221 | 0.004 | 1.4 | 0.57 | 0.043 | -1.0 | -0.45 | ||
*Mean and standard deviation (SD); p -values are given for Mann-Whitney U test (patients vs. controls) and Wilcoxon test (postoperatively (postop.) vs. preoperatively (preop.)), and marked in bold if significant on the level of alpha = 0.05.