Table 2.
Comparison of gait parameters between patients with hemiplegia (n=10) and normal control subjects (n=10), using a 2-sample t test.
| Gait parameters | Hemiplegia, mean (range) | Normal control, mean (range) | P value |
| Walking speed (meters/second) | 0.32 (0.20-0.48) | 0.88 (0.73-1.02) | <.001 |
| Stride length (meters) | 0.40 (0.23-0.57) | 0.91 (0.80-1.00) | <.001 |
| TUG time (seconds) | 24.69 (15.92-36.70) | 9.83 (8.62-11.26) | <.001 |
| Walking time (seconds) | 20.63 (12.48-30.47) | 6.95 (5.91-8.24) | <.001 |
| Single support time, SD (%) | 0.14 (0.08,0.23) | 0.04 (0.02,0.06) | <.001 |
| Single support time, SD (seconds) | 0.19 (0.08-0.36) | 0.04 (0.03-0.07) | .001 |
| Double support time, mean (seconds) | 0.19 (0.13-0.25) | 0.13 (0.10-0.16) | .002 |
| Difference in swing duration (%) | 0.18 (0.01-0.46) | 0.02 (0.00-0.04) | .005 |
| Difference in stance duration (%) | 0.19 (0.00-0.45) | 0.03 (0.01-0.06) | .005 |
| Difference in stance duration (seconds) | 0.27 (0.00-0.56) | 0.03 (0.01-0.06) | .005 |
| Difference in swing duration (seconds) | 0.25 (0.01-0.54) | 0.02 (0.00-0.04) | .006 |
| Double support time, mean (%) | 0.15 (0.10-0.21) | 0.12 (0.10-0.13) | .03 |
| Sit to standing (seconds) | 4.06 (1.19-6.23) | 2.88 (2.36-3.62) | .03 |
| Cadence (steps/min) | 97.25 (66.64-138.09) | 114.49 (97.50-124.60) | .048 |
| Double support time, SD (s) | 0.08 (0.02-0.19) | 0.05 (0.03-0.05) | .053 |
| Single support time, mean (%) | 0.35 (0.30-0.41) | 0.38 (0.35-0.41) | .08 |
| Double support time, SD (%) | 0.06 (0.02-0.17) | 0.04 (0.03-0.05) | .17 |
| Single support time, mean (seconds) | 0.47 (0.30-0.66) | 0.40 (0.36-0.46) | .19 |