Table 5. Results of analysed gait parameters in the heel, midfoot and forefoot.
Foot area | Variable | BF group | N-BF group | p (BF and N-BF group comparison) | |||||
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Mean | SD | p (repeated-measure-ment comparison) | Mean | SD | p (repeated-measure-ment comparison) | ||||
1st data collection | Heel | Contact time (% ROP) | 60.38 | 6.60 | 0.002* | 57.09 | 9.11 | 0.125 | 0.319 |
Maximum force (in % BM) | 64.21 | 15.24 | 0.125 | 58.10 | 13.70 | 0.069 | 0.373 | ||
Midfoot | Contact time (% ROP) | 77.34 | 5.07 | 0.001* | 74.45 | 7.99 | 0.023* | 0.443 | |
Maximum force (in % BM) | 64.60 | 16.41 | 0.910 | 58.65 | 11.06 | 0.650 | 0.494 | ||
Forefoot | Contact time (% ROP) | 90.74 | 4.81 | 0.078 | 89.75 | 6.19 | 0.069 | 0.917 | |
Maximum force (in % BM) | 68.78 | 22.00 | 0.031* | 68.73 | 13.98 | 0.001* | 0.724 | ||
2nd data collection | Heel | Contact time (% ROP) | 46.05 | 7.41 | 51.51 | 11.02 | 0.152 | ||
Maximum force (in % BM) | 74.69 | 26.31 | 69.61 | 21.56 | 0.494 | ||||
Midfoot | Contact time (% ROP) | 63.35 | 7.42 | 67.45 | 10.23 | 0.290 | |||
Maximum force (in % BM) | 62.91 | 13.11 | 62.75 | 19.88 | 0.309 | ||||
Forefoot | Contact time (% ROP) | 87.44 | 6.81 | 87.04 | 5.50 | 0.917 | |||
Maximum force (in % BM) | 87.44 | 6.81 | 87.04 | 5.50 | 0.885 |
*highlights statistical significance.