Table 3.
Uphill and downhill times in Hill Assessment Index (HAI) and going up and down times in Stairs Assessment Index (SAI) during the first (P1) and the second (P2) phases of evaluation, compared using two-tailed paired t-test. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD); t and p values (significant in bold) are reported.
| Outcome | Time (s) P1 |
Time (s) P2 |
t | p |
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| HAI Walking up |
43.6 ± 28.4 | 40.3 ± 33.0 | 2.064 | 0.276 |
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| HAI Walking down |
40.8 ± 25.4 | 34.5 ± 17.2 | 1.121 | 0.053 |
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| SAI Ascending |
32.0 ± 16.4 | 27.9 ± 16.4 | 2.522 | 0.021 |
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| SAI Descending |
37.1 ± 23.4 | 31.8 ± 19.9 | 3.912 | 0.001 |