Table 3.
Medians (ranges) of gait kinematics related to individual pre-defined training goals for the AANmDOF robotic and conventional gait training groups before (T0), immediately after (T1), and four months after (T2) the intervention period
| AANmDOF robotic | Conventional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | |
| Foot clearance | n = 6 | n = 6 | n = 6 | n = 6 | n = 6 | n = 6 |
| Peak knee flexion (°)** |
31.6 (11.4–54.3) |
47.9 (16.3–60.0) |
52.4 (16.9–59.5) |
42.1 (29.5–56.6) |
36.5 (22.4–64.1) |
33.9 (20.7–53.5) |
| Knee stability | n = 6 | n = 5 | n = 3 | n = 7 | n = 7 | n = 6 |
| Difference in paretic vs non-paretic maximum knee extension velocity (°/s) |
− 13.7 (− 76.2–27.5) |
− 9.0 (− 22.9–37.4) |
− 20.9 (− 67.3–32.7) |
− 25.6 (− 100.6–41.3) |
− 34.6 (− 79.3–67.1) |
− 7.5 (− 55.3–53.0) |
| Limb loading | n = 4 | n = 4 | n = 3 | n = 2 | n = 2 | n = 2 |
| Single-support time symmetry ratio |
0.02 (0.01–0.15) |
0.01 (0–0.14) |
0.01 (0–0.13) |
0.04 (0.04–0.04) |
0.02 (0–0.03) |
0.02 (0–0.04) |
**Significant between group difference T0 vs T2 (p ≤ 0.05). The individual pre-defined training goal foot prepositioning was excluded from analysis because n = 1