Table 2.
Statistical data of training aftereffects on clinical scale and gait temporal parameters (see Fig. 2). Non-significant data are not reported. Concerning post-hoc t-tests, lower limbs of HCs were pooled together and compared with the affected and unaffected lower limb of patients.
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group × time P-value [E] |
Time P-value [E] |
Post-hoc t-tests P-value [E] |
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| FAC | ns | AlterG | P < 0.001 [0.9] | AlterG vs. TGT | ns | |||
| TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||||
| cadence | P = 0.01 [0.8] | HC | ns | HC vs. AlterG | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||
| AlterG | P = 0.005 [0.9] | HC vs. TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| TGT | P = 0.01 [0.8] | AlterG vs. TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
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group × lower-limb × time P-value [E] |
lower-limb × time P-value [E] |
Post-hoc t-tests P-value [E] |
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| GQI | P = 0.01 [0.8] | HC | ns | left | ns | HC vs. AlterG | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] |
| right | ns | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| AlterG | ns | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | HC vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | AlterG vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| step time | P < 0.001 [0.9] | HC | ns | left | ns | HC vs. AlterG | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] |
| right | ns | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| AlterG | ns | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | HC vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P = 0.01 [0.7] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | AlterG vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| SSR | P < 0.001 [0.9] | HC | ns | left | ns | HC vs. AlterG | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] |
| right | ns | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| AlterG | ns | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | HC vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
| TGT | P < 0.001 [0.9] | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | AlterG vs. TGT | affected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | ||
| unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | unaffected | P < 0.001 [0.9] | |||||
Legend: treadmill gait training, TGT; healthy controls, HC; [E] effect size; FAC Functional Ambulatory Categories; GQI Gait Quality Index; SSR stance/swing ratio.