Table 5. Interventions Provide Before and After Implementation of High-Intensity Training.
| Current Practice—Patients Who Require 50%-100% Assistance to Ambulate | |||
| 2017: Median (IQR) | 2019: Median (IQR) | P | |
| Question: Out of 5 patients, please rate the number of patients in which you provide each of the following interventions to improve a patient's ability to walk. | |||
| Weight shifting or pregait activities in standing | 4.0 (3.75-5.0) | 1.0 (0.0-1.75) | 0.011a |
| Sitting balance activities | 3.5 (1.0-5.0) | 0.5 (0.0-1.75) | 0.041a |
| Standing balance activities | 4.0 (2.5-5.0) | 0.5 (0.0-1.0) | 0.016a |
| Therapeutic exercises for strengthening | 5.0 (3.0-5.0) | 0.5 (0.0-1.0) | 0.017a |
| Current Practice—Patients Who Require 25%-49% Assistance to Ambulate | |||
| 2017: Median (IQR) | 2019: Median (IQR) | P | |
| Question: Out of 5 patients, please rate the number of patients in which you provide each of the following interventions to improve a patient's ability to walk. | |||
| Weight shifting or pregait activities in standing | 4.0 (3.0-5.0) | 0.0 (0.0-1.0) | 0.011a |
| Standing balance activities | 4.0 (4.0-5.0) | 0.0 (0.0-0.75) | 0.015a |
| Therapeutic exercises for strengthening | 5.0 (4.75-5.0) | 0.0 (0.0-0.75) | 0.003a |
| Current Practice—Patients Who Require <25% Assistance to Ambulate | |||
| 2017: Median (IQR) | 2019: Median (IQR) | P | |
| Question: Out of 5 patients, please rate the number of patients in which you provide each of the following interventions to improve a patient's ability to walk. | |||
| Weight shifting or pregait activities in standing | 3.0 (1.75-4.25) | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) | 0.071 |
| Standing balance activities | 5.0 (2.75-5.0) | 0.0 (0.0-0.75) | 0.004a |
| Therapeutic exercises for strengthening | 5.0 (4.75-5.0) | 0.0 (0.0-0.75) | 0.001a |
| Questions About High-Intensity Gait Training | |||
| 2017: Median (IQR) | 2019: Median (IQR) | P | |
| Question: Please complete the following questions about your perceptions related to current gait training practices for individuals with stroke. (1 = Completely disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Neutral; 4 = Agree; and 5 = Completely agree) | |||
| If I focus mostly on gait training in my sessions, I feel I can still adequately address my patients' other impairment areas (such as balance, transfers, etc) | 3.0 (3.0-3.25) | 4.5 (4.0-5.0) | 0.024a |
| The use of the high-intensity gait training program still allows for me to make my own clinical decisions | 3.5 (3.0-4.0) | 4.5 (4.0-5.0) | 0.084 |
| Patients support the use of high-intensity gait training | 3.5 (3.0-4.0) | 4.0 (4.0-4.75) | 0.284 |
| The high-intensity gait training program improves the quality of my patient treatment | 3.0 (3.0-4.0) | 5.0 (4.25-5.0) | 0.014a |
Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.
aStatistically significant.