Table 3. The result of Wilcoxon signed-rank test in barefoot and with insole spatiotemporal, kinematic and kinetic parameters.
MS patients barefoot | MS patients wearing insole | Healthy controls | |||||
Median | Min-Max | Median | Min-Max | Median | Min-Max | p | |
Spatiotemporal parameters | |||||||
Cadence (steps/min) | 103 | 79-125 | 106,5 | 78,4-132 | 115,7 | 107-137 | 0.04* |
Double support (sec) | 0,3 | 0.23-0.62 | 0,28 | 0.19-0.54 | 0,26 | 0.2-0.34 | 0.00** |
Stride time (sec) | 1,16 | 0.94-1.58 | 1,12 | 0.91-1.61 | 1,05 | 0.87-1.14 | 0.01* |
Walking speed (m/sn) | 1 | 0.5-1.25 | 1,08 | 0.5-1.25 | 1,06 | 0.91-1.5 | 0.002* |
Kinematic parameters | |||||||
Hip joint angle at midswing (°) | 31,8 | 18.4-46.9 | 35,05 | 18.7-41.1 | 29,1 | 19.5-39.9 | 0.004* |
Knee joint angle at loading response (°) | 14,5 | 1.88-29.5 | 15,3 | 0.75-35.8 | 11,7 | -2.47-19.29 | 0.03* |
Knee joint angle at initial swing (°) | 52,7 | 26.5-62.2 | 56,2 | 18.9-69.2 | 53,1 | 38.1-57.4 | 0.006* |
Ankle angle at initial swing (°) | -4,7 | -9.6-9.9 | -0,9 | -10.1-15.79 | -4,7 | -16.5-3.5 | 0.005* |
Kinetic parameters | |||||||
Knee power at preswing (W/kg) | 0,2 | -2.06- 1.36 | 0,48 | 0.0- 0.9 | -0,79 | -1.69-0.3 | 0.02* |
Min: Minimum; Max: Maximum; Control group data inserted as reference data only; Indicates a significant difference in the MS group walking with insole, compared to without at * p<0.05; ** p<0.001. |