Table 6.
RMS (root mean squared) difference of gait kinematics of acute and chronic stage patients, pre and post intervention, compared to healthy subjects, and its changes between pre and post.
| Acute | Chronic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Pre | Post | Pre - post | Pre | Post | Pre - post |
| Walking Speed (m/min) | 43.0 | 18.6 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 18.7 | 4.93 |
| Cadence (cycles/m) | 17.8 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | −0.24 |
| Stride Length (cm) | 62.0 | 26.7 | 35.4 | 40.0 | 33.4 | 6.53 |
| Swing Ratio (%) | 14.9 | 12.0 | 2.90 | 8.99 | 3.56 | 5.43 |
| Swing Duration (s) | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.074 | 0.11 | −0.038 |
| Stance Duration (s) | 0.437 | 0.253 | 0.184 | 0.155 | 0.0725 | 0.0825 |
| Hip Max Flex (deg) | 11.0 | 12.0 | −0.968 | 9.94 | 19.9 | −9.97 |
| Hip Max Ext (deg) | 24.1 | 10.1 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 19.8 | −5.93 |
| Hip ROM (deg) | 16.1 | 7.37 | 8.69 | 6.91 | 5.97 | 0.935 |
| Knee Max Flex (deg) | 15.9 | 7.30 | 8.58 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 2.03 |
| Knee Max Ext (deg) | 14.6 | 5.17 | 9.38 | 10.0 | 6.71 | 3.34 |
| Knee ROM (deg) | 22.4 | 6.33 | 16.08 | 17.7 | 14.0 | 3.64 |
| Ankle Max Dors (deg) | 5.62 | 5.47 | 0.149 | 4.67 | 5.80 | −1.12 |
| Ankle Max Plant (deg) | 7.16 | 6.24 | 0.925 | 7.70 | 6.98 | 0.717 |
| Ankle ROM (deg) | 10.8 | 7.62 | 3.22 | 10.1 | 8.47 | 1.66 |
| Toe Max Height (mm) | 30.6 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 44.1 | 31.1 | 13.1 |
| Pelvis Max Ant. (deg) | 9.99 | 13.6 | −3.66 | 9.34 | 14.6 | −5.23 |
| Pelvis Max Post. (deg) | 9.21 | 12.3 | −3.07 | 8.62 | 13.5 | −4.83 |
| Pelvis ROM (deg) | 2.52 | 2.20 | 0.328 | 2.40 | 2.20 | 0.195 |
| Double Knee Action (deg) | 9.81 | 8.18 | 1.63 | 8.99 | 7.74 | 1.25 |
Bold numbers indicate positive pre-post RMS, meaning closer to healthy values at post HAL assessment than at pre HAL.