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. 2021 Mar 13;268(9):3421–3434. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10504-x

Table 2.

Gait performance measures

Patients with ANOVA
Healthy subjects Vestibular disorders Cerebellar disorders Functional disorders Hypokinetic disorders Vascular disorders Others All F(6;365) p
Pace domain
 Gait velocity [m/s] 1.2 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.2* 0.8 ± 0.2* 0.7 ± 0.3* 0.9 ± 0.3* 1.0 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3 15.1  < 0.001
 Stride length [m] 1.3 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.2* 1.1 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 16.9  < 0.001
 Stride time [s] 1.1 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1* 1.2 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2 4.8  < 0.001
Cycle domain
 Swing phase [%] 38 ± 2 37 ± 2 37 ± 2 37 ± 2 33 ± 5 * 37 ± 2 36 ± 3 36 ± 3 9.0  < 0.001
 Double support phase [%] 24 ± 4 26 ± 5* 30 ± 9* 26 ± 7 35 ± 12* 26 ± 7* 26 ± 5 27 ± 8 10.1  < 0.001
Support domain
 Base of support [m] 0.08 ± 0.03 0.12 ± 0.04* 0.15 ± 0.06* 0.12 ± 0.04* 0.11 ± 0.04* 0.11 ± 0.04* 0.11 ± 0.04* 0.12 ± 0.05 17.4  < 0.001
 Base of support CV [%] 24 ± 15 24 ± 13 24 ± 12 21 ± 14* 23 ± 12 20 ± 9* 21 ± 13* 22 ± 13 1.1 n.s
Variability domain
 Stride length CV [%] 2.2 ± 1.1 3.8 ± 2.5* 5.6 ± 4.6* 3.1 ± 2.9 7.5 ± 4.2* 3.3 ± 4.2* 3.0 ± 1.3* 3.9 ± 3.0 12.9  < 0.001
 Stride time CV [%] 2.3 ± 1.9 3.2 ± 1.8* 5.2 ± 1.2* 3.0 ± 2.1 7.1 ± 1.7* 3.0 ± 2.3 3.2 ± 2.2 3.7 ± 1.7 10.2  < 0.001
Asymmetry domain
 Gait asymmetry index [%] 2.5 ± 1.5 4.0 ± 2.6* 6.8 ± 3.7* 4.2 ± 2.4* 10.5 ± 4.7* 4.2 ± 2.6* 4.0 ± 2.1* 4.8 ± 2.2 9.3  < 0.001
 Phase synchronization [%] 4.1 ± 1.4 5.9 ± 2.9 9.9 ± 5.3* 5.5 ± 3.3* 12.0 ± 5.6* 5.3 ± 2.5* 5.3 ± 3.2 6.7 ± 5.3 8.0  < 0.001

Outcomes from the in-laboratory gait assessment for the different clinical subgroups and healthy subjects. Spatiotemporal gait parameters are arranged with respect to the gait domains pace, cycle, support, variability, and asymmetry

*Significant difference in the Sheffé post hoc comparison (compared to healthy subjects)

CV coefficient of variation