Table 2.

Summary of the spatiotemporal and stability parameters, trunk motion, and stance phase knee flexion at baseline (mean + SD)

Gait	No brace (n=15)	Brace (n=15)	P-value
Stride length (m)	1.11+0.05	1.13+0.06	0.417
Speed (m/s)	1.07+0.12	1.13+0.17	0.109
Stride time (seconds)	1.11+0.05	1.13+0.06	0.140
Step width (m)	0.22+0.03	0.22+0.03	0.685
Cadence (steps/min)	108.99+5.42	106.78+5.26	0.156
Trunk motion (cm)	3.60+2.59	2.38+2.84	0.006*
Knee flexion (°)	7.37+6.87	6.76+6.02	0.305
Stability
MoS ML (m)	0.05+0.01	0.05+0.01	0.675
MoS AP (m)	−0.08+0.03	−0.07+0.03	0.882

Note:

^*P<0.05 between walking with and without orthosis.

Abbreviations: MoS, margins of stability; ML, mediolateral; AP, anteroposterior.