Table 4.
Resistance training | Assistance training | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pre | post | follow up | p | pre | post | follow up | p | |
Fast walking | ||||||||
Step length (m) | 0.47± 0.10 | 0.50± 0.09 | 0.49± 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.42± 0.10 | 0.42± 0.09 | 0.40± 0.10 | 0.45 |
Stride length (m) | 0.94± 0.20 | 1.00± 0.18 | 0.98± 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.84± 0.20 | 0.84± 0.18 | 0.84± 0.22 | 0.99 |
Cadence (step/minute) | 120.3 ±25.5 | 136.5 ±29.0 | 132.0 ±28.4 | 0.01* | 119.2 ±40.2 | 120.2 ±41.3 | 116.9 ±44.3 | 0.86 |
Swing time (%) | 38.9± 4.8 | 39.8± 3.8 | 40.0± 3.2 | 0.61 | 40.1± 5.6 | 41.6± 4.9 | 40.6± 7.2 | 0.72 |
Normal walking | ||||||||
Step length (m) | 0.39± 0.11 | 0.43± 0.09 | 0.42± 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.34± 0.09 | 0.35± 0.08 | 0.35± 0.08 | 0.83 |
Stride length (m) | 0.78± 0.22 | 0.86± 0.18 | 0.85± 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.71± 0.19 | 0.71± 0.16 | 0.70± 0.16 | 0.98 |
Cadence (step/minute) | 93.2± 26.3 | 100.6 ±21.8 | 100.7 ±20.8 | 0.22 | 91.4± 27.8 | 86.8± 20.5 | 83.9± 23.8 | 0.21 |
Swing time (%) | 33.6± 4.7 | 35.7± 1.9 | 36.5± 2.0 | 0.11 | 36.1± 4.8 | 37.4± 8.7 | 38.2± 7.7 | 0.78 |
indicates significant difference (ANOVAs were used for within group comparison).