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. 2019 Jan;24(1):36–44. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2019.1.20180316

Table 5.

Comparison of gait parameters between groups for data with non-normal distribution.

Parameters Self control group (Wilcoxon test) The differences of groups (Friedman test)
Single point cane Bilateral forearm crutch Walker
Z P-value Z P-value Z P-value P-value
Gait cycle duration -3.530 <0.001** -3.726 <0.001* -3.622 <0.001* <0.001*
Left step time -3.322 0.001** -3.725 <0.001** -3.623 <0.001** <0.001**
Right step time -3.534 <0.001** -3.729 <0.001** -3.621 <0.001** <0.001**
Stance phase -0.588 0.556 -0.240 0.811 -1.810 0.070* 0.042*
Swing phase -1.279 0.201 -1.113 0.266 -1.752 0.080* 0.032*
Single support duration -1.184 0.236 -1.018 0.309 -2.083 0.037* 0.032*
Double support duration - - - - - - 0.060
Pelvic extansion -1.635 0.102 -2.506 0.012* -1.166 0.244 0.040*

Friedman test (*p<0.05) and Wilcoxon test (**p<0.0018), Benferroni correction p/27.