Table 3.
Spatiotemporal gait variables: mean value, peak positive and negative values (Peak+, Peak-), and range of motion (ROM) for averaged right and left lower extremities and for the low (LWS), preferred (PWS), and high (HWS) walking speeds.
| LWS | PWS | HWS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Peak + | Peak − | ROM | Mean | Peak + | Peak − | ROM | Mean | Peak + | Peak − | ROM | |
| Pelvic obliquity | 0.1 | 5.1# | -4.7# | 9.5∗# | 0.2 | 5.9 | -5.4 | 11.3 | 0.1 | 6.6 | -6.2 | 12.9 |
| Pelvic tilt | 5.6∗# | 6.4# | 4.8 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 6.8∗ | 5.4 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Pelvic rotation | -0.6 | 6.0# | -7.2# | 12.9∗# | -0.6 | 7.4∗ | -8.8 | 15.9∗ | -0.7 | 9.0 | -10.8 | 19.3 |
| Hip ab-adduction | 0.8 | 8.3∗# | -6.7# | 15.3# | 0.6∗ | 9.4 | -7.7∗ | 17.0 | 0.2 | 10.2 | -8.9 | 19.5 |
| Hip flexion-extension | 11.4# | 31.4 | -12.3# | 43.8# | 13.1 | 33.3 | -13.0 | 46.4 | 13.7 | 34.8 | -15.6 | 50.2 |
| Hip rotation | 5.6∗# | 13.3 | -1.8 | 15.1 | 4.8 | 13.6 | -2.0 | 15.8 | 4.2 | 13.7 | -2.2 | 15.9 |
| Knee flexion-extension | 19.1∗# | 60.3 | 1.6 | 58.4# | 21.7 | 61.5 | 1.4∗ | 59.6∗ | 23.1 | 61.8 | 0.7 | 61.3 |
| Ankle dorsi-plantarflexion | 2.8 | 15.7# | -17.8∗# | 33.6 | 2.2 | 14.5 | -19.3 | 33.8 | 2.4 | 13.9 | -19.2 | 32.8 |
| Foot progression | -9.3 | -2.1 | -15.0 | 12.7 | -9.3 | -2.8 | -14.3 | 11.2 | -10.0 | -3.2 | -15.3 | 11.8 |
∗Significant difference between LWS and PWS or between PWS and HWS, Bonferroni, p<0,05
#Significant difference between LWS and HWS, Bonferroni, p<0,05.