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. 2018 Feb 25;64(3):261–267. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2018.2246

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.