Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of measures of motor performance foot load, stepping frequency, and knee amplitude during active and passive stepping at the three different levels of foot loading
| Passive | Active | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load level | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Foot load (%-BW) | 0 | 6.69 | 1.44 | 5.36 | 9.00 | 9.34 | 3.06 | 6.47 | 16.16 |
| 20 | 20.99 | 0.66 | 20.14 | 22.26 | 21.66 | 4.85 | 16.28 | 30.91 | |
| 40 | 35.48 | 4.29 | 31.40 | 41.97 | 34.11 | 2.73 | 30.70 | 37.39 | |
| Stepping frequency (Hz) | 0 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 0.61 |
| 20 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 0.59 | |
| 40 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 0.57 | |
| Knee amplitude (m) | 0 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
| 20 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.20 | |
| 40 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.18 | |
Values for foot load are the maximal force values as measured by the force sensors at the foot fixation of the robot. n = 8, SD = standard deviation, min = minimum, max = maximum, %-BW = percent body weight