Table 3. Percentage change between the first measurement and the measurement taken 1 month later and between the measurements taken 1 month later and 2 months later.
Item | First to 1 month change rate (%) | 1 month to 2 months change rate (%) | |
FIM total score | 5.7* | 2.7* | |
SIAS total score | 3.3* | 2.7* | |
BBS total score | 14.5* | 4.5* | |
Walking speed | 23.5* | 20.6* | |
Stride normalized by height | 9.8* | 8.9* | |
Cadence | 11.8* | 10.4* | |
Ankle joint angle (amount of displacement +dorsiflexion) | LR | 21.1* | 21.7* |
SS | 70.0* | 29.4* | |
PSw | 36.4 | –26.7 | |
Sw | 70.0* | 70.6 | |
Shank tilt angle (amount of displacement +forward tilt) | LR | 5.6 | 15.0* |
SS | 55.6* | 52.4* | |
PSw | 4.7 | –0.6 | |
Sw | 19.3* | 20.2* | |
TA %EMG (average of each phase) | LR | 4.1 | 38.7* |
SS | –9.4 | 10.1 | |
PSw | 1.9 | –4.2 | |
Sw | –4.5 | –7.5* | |
SOL %EMG (average of each phase) | LR | –0.4 | –2.9 |
SS | 2.3 | –1.4 | |
PSw | –7.6 | –1.5 | |
Sw | –3.6 | 5.6 |
First to 1 month change rate (%)=(1 month − first)/ first × 100; 1 month to 2 months change rate (%)=(2 months − 1 month)/1 month × 100.
*Significant difference according to Bonferroni's multiple comparison test (P <0.05).