Table 6.
Correlation Between Outcome Measures and RAGO Parameters in Patients with Stroke.
| Guidance Force (Paretic Side) |
Guidance Force (Non-Paretic Side) |
Speed | Body-Weight Support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle strength (Motricity Index of lower extremity) | 0.199 | 0.192 | 0.092 | −0.231 |
| Walking ability (Functional Ambulation Category) | 0.099 | 0.099 | 0.284 | −0.168 |
| Daily activity independence (Barthel Index) | −0.644 ** | −0.613 * | −0.172 | −0.634 ** |
| Cognition (Mini–Mental State Examination) | 0.247 | 0.175 | 0.181 | 0.054 |
| Balance (Berg Balance Scale) | −0.008 | −0.006 | 0.601 * | −0.023 |
Data are presented as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (r value). (1) |r| < 0.1, trivial; (2) 0.1 ≤ |r| ≤ 0.29, weak; (3) 0.3 ≤ |r| ≤ 0.49, moderate; (4) |r| ≥ 0.5, strong. Abbreviations: RAGO, robot-assisted gait orthosis. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.