Table 1. Spatiotemporal gait parameters.
Barefoot | With shoes | With BFO | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Cadence (steps/min) | 105.57 | 6.92 | 104.63 | 5.83 | 106.52 | 5.50 |
Step length (m) | 0.55 | 0.05 | 0.59* | 0.04 | 0.60* | 0.04 |
Step time (s) | 0.57 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.03 |
Step width (m) | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.31 |
Stride length (m) | 1.10 | 0.10 | 1.18* | 0.07 | 1.20*† | 0.08 |
Stride time (s) | 1.14 | 0.07 | 1.14 | 0.07 | 1.13 | 0.06 |
Speed (m/s) | 0.97 | 0.14 | 1.03* | 0.11 | 1.07*† | 0.11 |
*p<0.05, vs. barefoot; †p<0.05, vs. shoes; SD: standard deviation; BFO: biomechanical foot orthosis