Table 2.

Pretreatment comparison between right and left sides in each group.

Variables	Control group		P value	Study group		P value
	RT $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$	LT $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$		RT $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$	LT $\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$
H∖M ratio	0.75 ± 0.09	0.77 ± 0.07	0.348∗	0.76 ± 0.07	0.75 ± 0.01	0.792∗
Popliteal angle	77.2 ± 5.58	76.93 ± 5.63	0.77∗	7.6 ± 7.32	76.3 ± 7.56	0.313∗
Stride length	79.46 ± 7.8	81.13 ± 5.82	0.16∗	75.46 ± 19.5	80.53 ± 6.0	0.269∗
Stride speed	0.56 ± 0.09	0.59 ± 0.6	0.234∗	0.6 ± 0.11	0.59 ± 0.085	0.539∗
Stance phase %	72.86 ± 3.7	71.66 ± 3.19	0.212∗	71.33 ± 4.16	70.6 ± 4	0.469∗

$\stackrel{-}{X}\pm \text{SD}$: mean ± standard deviation; P: level of significant; ∗nonsignificant.