Table 2.

Comparison of patient’s daily stepping activity, clinical walking function and other clinical measures (balance and balance confidence) prior to the training (BSL), immediately after 40 sessions of training (POST) and 6-month following the training (F/U).

	BSL				Post				F/U
	Responder/ retainer	Responder/non- retainer	Non- responders	p	Responder/ retainer	Responder/non- retainer	Non- responders	p	Responder/ retainer	Responder/non- retainer	Non- responders	p
Steps/day	2123 ± 1618	1999 ± 1950	2185 ± 1810	0.96	4171 ± 2235	3850 ± 2481	1856 ± 1600	0.00	4918 ± 2598	2575 ± 1653	2387 ± 2276	0.01
SSV	0.38 ± 0.26	0.39 ± 0.23	0.31 ± 0.24	0.61	0.75 ± 0.31	0.62 ± 0.35	0.42 ± 0.28	0.02	0.78 ± 0.33	0.67 ± 0.40	0.43 ± 0.28	0.02
FV	0.57 ± 0.41	0.50 ± 0.30	0.41 ± 0.35	0.48	1.10 ± 0.57	0.87 ± 0.68	0.56 ± 0.41	0.04	1.08 ± 0.61	0.89 ± 0.60	0.55 ± 0.39	0.03
6MWD	139.78 ± 99.34	147.15 ± 90.02	110.66 ± 98.33	0.54	275.67 ± 143.05	253.29 ± 174.04	166.58 ± 114.44	0.10	263.52 ± 128.73	262.60 ± 158.86	147.35 ± 113.51	0.04
BBS	35.83 ± 15.66	33.50 ± 10.90	31.41 ± 15.33	0.70	43.92 ± 9.26	40.90 ± 10.34	37.35 ± 12.52	0.29	44.91 ± 7.06	42.10 ± 8.88	38.81 ± 11.74	0.29
ABC	57.77 ± 20.78	58.57 ± 26.01	48.96 ± 15.23	0.39	72.61 ± 21.75	75.21 ± 26.19	63.67 ± 18.79	0.37	74.42 ± 30.90	71.66 ± 18.78	63.25 ± 16.38	0.48

SSV: Self-selected normal velocity over-ground.

FV: Fast walking velocity over-ground.

6MWD: Six-minute test walking distance.

BBS: Berg balance scale.

ABC: Activities-specific Balance Confidence.