Table 3.
Significant relationships (unadjusted Pearson’s correlation coefficients) between select symmetry ratios and outcome measures.
Symmetry ratio | Walking |
Balance |
Strength | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2MWT | Steps/Day | PEQ-MS | BBS | ABC | 30s STS | |
Stance % | 0.813 * | 0.746 * | 0.393 | 0.771 * | 0.349 | 0.131 |
Swing % | −0.846 * | −0.770 * | −0.311 | −0.799 * | −0.344 | −0.191 |
Double Support % – Prosthesis Trailing | 0.413 | 0.102 | 0.403 | −0.093 | 0.777 * | 0.398 |
Single Limb Stance % | 0.845 * | 0.775 * | 0.349 | 0.779 * | 0.381 | 0.187 |
Toe-Off Angle in Late Stance | 0.170 | 0.393 | 0.306 | −0.257 | 0.203 | 0.790 * |
* = significant at p < 0.05
Abbreviations: ABC = Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale, BBS = Berg Balance Scale, PEQ-MS = Prosthetics Evaluation Questionnaire Mobility Subscale, 2MWT = 2-Minute Walk Test, 30STS = 30-second Sit-to-Stand, % = percent of gait cycle