Table 2.

Number of gait cycles and mean (sd) of gait velocities, stride time, step time, stance time, swing time and stride length for all groups (healthy elderly – E, hemiparetic – H, Parkinson’s disease – P and choreic – C) at both comfortable (V1) and higher (V2) speed

Group	Comfortable speed							Higher speed
	(V1)							(V2)
	Gait cycles	Gait velocity [m/s]	Stride time [s]	Step time [s]	Stance time [s]	Swing time [s]	Stride length [m]	Gait cycles	Gait velocity [m/s]	Stride time [s]	Step time [s]	Stance time [s]	Swing time [s]	Stride length [m]
E	578	1.17 (0.16)	1.05 (0.10)	0.53 (0.05)	0.68 (0.07)	0.38 (0.03)	1.23 (0.15)	610	1.49 (0.22)	0.92 (0.10)	0.46 (0.05)	0.58 (0.08)	0.34 (0.02)	1.35 (0.19)
H	576	0.61 (0.24)	1.35 (0.24)	0.67 (0.12)	0.94 (0.17)	0.41 (0.10)	0. 81 (0.30)	516	0.79 (0.30)	1.22 (0.21)	0.60 (0.10)	0.83 (0.17)	0.39 (0.07)	0.86 (0.30)
P	532	0.85 (0.14)	1.14 (0.09)	0.57 (0.05)	0.76 (0.07)	0.38 (0.03)	0.97 (0.15)	560	1.02 (0.14)	1.04 (0.10)	0.52 (0.05)	0.68 (0.07)	0.36 (0.04)	1.06 (0.15)
C	567	1.08 (0.30)	1.11 (0.14)	0.56 (0.07)	0.71 (0.10)	0.40 (0.05)	1.16 (0.21)	575	1.28 (0.26)	1.00 (0.11)	0.50 (0.05)	0.64 (0.08)	0.36 (0.03)	1.27 (0.23)