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Table 1 Average (SD) temporal and spatial gait parameters (n = 33)

From: Reliability of spatiotemporal and kinetic gait parameters determined by a new instrumented treadmill system

 

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

P†

Global

    

Velocity, m/s

1.10

1.13

1.24 *

< 0.001

 

(0.17)

(0.19)

(0.19)

 

Cadence, steps/min

110.3

111.3

115.7 *

< 0.001

 

(9.8)

(9.6)

(8.8)

 

Spatial

    

Stride length, cm

119.2

121.1

128.4 *

< 0.001

 

(14.1)

(15.6)

(14.7)

 

Step width, cm

8.7

9.0

8.6

.115

 

(3.0)

(2.4)

(2.4)

 

Step length, left, cm

59.6

60.7

64.3 *

< 0.001

 

(7.4)

(8.2)

(7.5)

 

Step length, right, cm

59.6

60.4

64.1 *

 
 

(6.8)

(7.4)

(7.3)

 

Foot rotation, left, º

8

7

7

.371

 

(5)

(5)

(5)

 

Foot rotation, right, º

9

9

9

 
 

(5)

(6)

(5)

 

Temporal

    

Stride time, ms

1097

1087

1043 *

< 0.001

 

(102)

(92)

(79)

 

Step time, left, ms

548

544

522 *

< 0.001

 

(51)

(48)

(41)

 

Step time, right, ms

549

542

521 *

 
 

(51)

(45)

(38)

 

Stance phase, left, %

63

63

62 *

< 0.001

 

(2)

(2)

(1)

 

Stance phase, right, %

63

63

62 *

 
 

(2)

(2)

(2)

 

Swing phase, left, %

37

37

38 *

< 0.001

 

(2)

(2)

(1)

 

Swing phase, right, %

37

37

38 *

 
 

(2)

(2)

(2)

 

Single support, left, %

37

37

38 *

< 0.001

 

(2)

(2)

(2)

 

Single support, right, %

37

37

38 *

 
 

(2)

(2)

(1)

 

Double support, %

26

25

24 *

< 0.001

 

(3)

(3)

(3)

 
  1. * significantly different from all other sessions (P < .01), † P value for main effect of test session.