Table 5.
Comparison between the present SKG sample and other target samples from the literature using Sscores and Gscores. Values are expressed in numbers, mean ± SD, or median and [interquartile range] for samples and in percent for Sscores and Gscores.
| Present SKG Sample | Target Sample(s) [Reference] |
Sscore | Gscore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | 90 | |||
| Sex (% women) | 39 | 45 [18] 30 [52] |
87 77 |
|
| Age (years) | 55 ± 11 | 55 ± 14 [18] 57 ± 13 [52] |
100 96 |
|
| Weight (kg) | 80 ± 16 | 74 ± 12 [18] 67 ± 11/73 ± 8 [22] |
93 84/91 |
|
| Clinical | 72 | |||
| Hemiparetic side (% left) | 45 | 31 [18] 48 [52] |
69 94 |
|
| Time since stroke (months) | 54 ± 75 | 83 ± 71 [52] 53 ± 49 [20] |
65 98 |
|
| mAS4ceps | 1 [1] | 2 [1]/2 [2,22] 1 [1]/2.5 [1,50] |
50 100/40 |
|
| MRChip | 3 [1] | 3 [3,17] | 100 | |
| MRCankle | 1 [2] | 3 [2,51] | 33 | |
| Gait | 95 | |||
| Velocity (m s−1) | 0.56 ± 0.25 | 0.58 ± 0.25 [53] 0.57 ± 0.20/0.54 ± 0.18 [22] |
97 98/96 |
|
| K5 (°) | 25 ± 10 | 25 ± 9 [8] 30 ± 12 [18] |
100 83 |
mAS4ceps: modified Ashworth scale for quadriceps femoris muscle, MRChip: hip flexor muscles’ strength according to Medical Research Council, MRCankle: ankle plantar flexor muscles’ strength according to Medical Research Council, K5: maximum knee flexion in swing phase.