TABLE 2.

Various parameters related to the gait treatment period.

		HAL group (n = 12)	Conventional group (n = 10)	P
Waiking time (min)		14.7 ± 2.4	11.9 ± 4.4	0.159
Walking distance (m)		397.7 ± 178.2	187.4 ± 181.4	0.009
Modified Borg scale		2.6 ± 1.2	2.5 ± 1.0	0.872
Gait treatment period (d)		19.0 ± 1.3	19.0 ± 1.4	1.000
Quantity of rehabilitation	Physical therapy	15.3 ± 2.0	17.9 ± 5.0	0.346
During intervention period (h)	Occupational therapy	6.6 ± 3.7	15.4 ± 3.9	p < 0.001
	Speech therapy	2.7 ± 3.2*	8.5 ± 5.7	0.023
	Total amount	24.3 ± 6.8	41.9 ± 9.5	p < 0.001
Physical therapist’s years of experience
		5.5 ± 4.8	2.7 ± 1.9	0.159

Values are mean ± SD. Mann–Whitney U test. *Ten patients in the HAL group received the speech therapy.