Table 2.

Gait features of the two groups and differences at T0.

		ASD (n = 15)		TD (n = 16)		p-value of ANCOVA (IQ cov)
		T0	T1	T0	T1
		mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	at T0&
Spatio-temporal
Stance period (% gait cycle)	%	68.19 ± 1.31	68.44 ± 1.11	67.16 ± 2.34	67.77 ± 2.04	0.128
Step length	m	0.39 ± 0.08	0.39 ± 0.08	0.43 ± 0.07	0.43 ± 0.08	0.371
Walking speed	m/s	0.79 ± 0.16	0.78 ± 0.16	0.88 ± 0.18	0.88 ± 0.18	0.345
Kinetics
Peak ankle flexion moment	Nm/kg	1.12 ± 0.22	1.15 ± 0.20	1.27 ± 0.13	1.27 ± 0.18	0.040
Peak knee flexion moment	Nm/kg	0.16 ± 0.07	0.16 ± 0.08	0.22 ± 0.15	0.19 ± 0.14	0.273
Peak hip flexion moment	Nm/kg	0.57 ± 0.16	0.58 ± 0.19	0.66 ± 0.18	0.71 ± 0.20	0.213
Kinematics
Ankle flexion initial contact	°	1.67 ± 3.06	1.31 ± 2.76	1.95 ± 2.45	1.47 ± 3.26	0.934
Ankle flexion ROM$ stance	°	19.33 ± 3.22	20.60 ± 3.42	21.23 ± 3.60	23.23 ± 4.80	0.622
Peak plantarflexion$$	°	3.86 ± 3.80	5.73 ± 5.25	6.01 ± 4.07	7.76 ± 5.42	0.302
Knee flexion initial contact	°	1.66 ± 4.79	0.77 ± 3.76	1.30 ± 4.32	0.97 ± 4.75	0.968
Knee flexion ROM$	°	62.44 ± 4.41	63.58 ± 4.20	64.64 ± 5.08	65.72 ± 5.76	0.453
Peak knee extension	°	0.71 ± 2.56	1.75 ± 3.36	0.52 ± 4.07	1.07 ± 5.00	0.689
Hip flexion initial contact	°	30.55 ± 6.07	29.06 ± 6.71	26.76 ± 5.65	25.98 ± 6.47	0.031
Hip flexion ROM$	°	34.52 ± 5.56	34.51 ± 4.84	35.50 ± 3.63	36.65 ± 4.12	0.936
Peak hip extension	°	-1.07 ± 7.11	0.41 ± 6.88	2.26 ± 6.30	3.71 ± 7.01	0.236
Pelvic tilt initial contact	°	13.40 ± 3.99	12.01 ± 4.43	8.31 ± 5.41	7.15 ± 5.88	0.007
Mean pelvic tilt	°	12.36 ± 4.21	11.03 ± 4.66	8.10 ± 5.39	6.61 ± 5.87	0.017

^$ROM, range of motion; ^$$plantarflexion, ankle extension. ^&p-value of ANCOVA analysis at T0 between ASD and TD. Ranges of motion were all recorded in flexion in the sagittal plane. Contrasts in bold are significant at α = 0.05.