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Table 2 Summary of pathologies, affected cohort and use of controls

From: Use of the margin of stability to quantify stability in pathologic gait – a qualitative systematic review

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Cohort pathology

Affected cohort size

Affected cohort sex (F:M)

Affected cohort age (years) [Mean (SD)]

Affected cohort mass (Kg) [Mean (SD)]

Affected cohort height (m) [Mean (SD)]

Control group?

Control group matching

Stroke (n = 8)

Hak, et al. (2013) [14]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 6)

Right hemiparesis (n = 4)

Acute (n = 4)

Chronic14 (n = 6)

10

Not specified

60.8 (8.4)

88.4 (8.5)

1.79 (0.07)

Yes

Age

Kao, et al. (2014) [27]

Stroke

Chronic (n = 9)

9

4:5

60.8 (9.0)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Age, sex

Hak, et al. (2015) [23]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 5)

Right hemiparesis (n = 5)

Acute (n = 6)

Chronic (n = 4)

10

4:6

57.6 (15.4)

77.9 (16.5)

1.72 (0.11)

No

n/a

van Meulen, et al. (2016) [20]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 10)

Chronic (n = 10)

10

3:7

63.2 (8.9)

91.0 (9.8)

1.74 (0.09)

No

n/a

van Meulen, et al. (2016) [19]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 11)

Right hemiparesis (n = 2)

Chronic (n = 13)

13

5:8

64.1 (8.7)

87.67 (10.47)

1.73 (0.10)

No

n/a

Vistamehr, et al. (2016) [26]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 16)

Right hemiparesis (n = 3)

Chronic (n = 19)

19

6:13

62.0 (11.0)

Not specified

Not specified

No

n/a

Punt, et al. (2017) [24]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 12)

Right hemiparesis (n = 26)

Chronic (n = 38)

38

20:18

Non-fallers: 55.0 (12.2)

Fallers: 65.4 (6.7)

Non-fallers: 87.0 (19.0)

Fallers: 83.0 (20.1)

Non-fallers: 1.72 (0.10)

Fallers: 1.71 (0.13)

No

n/a

Tisserand, et al. (2018) [25]

Stroke

Left hemiparesis (n = 4)

Right hemiparesis (n = 8)

Chronic (n = 10)

12

5:7

58.2 (10.0)

85.5 (35.5)

1.66 (0.17)

Yes

Age, anthropometric parameters

Unilateral Transtibial Amputation (n = 5)

 Curtze, et al. (2011) [33]

Unilateral transtibial amputation

Traumatic (n = 11)

Vascular disease (n = 6)

Limb deficiency (n = 1)

18

0:18

55.6 (9.5)

90.3 (14.37)

1.83 (0.05)

Yes

Not specified

 Gates, et al. (2013) [32]

Unilateral transtibial amputation

Traumatic (n = 13)

13

1:12

28.0 (4.0)

88.6 (14.4)

1.81 (0.09)

Yes

Not specified

 Hak, et al. (2013) [31]

Unilateral transtibial amputees

Traumatic (n = 9)

Complex regional pain syndrome (n = 1)

10

1:9

38.8 (14.6)

87.1 (10.3)

1.83 (0.11)

Yes

Age

 Beltran, et al. (2014) [30]

Unilateral transtibial amputees

Traumatic (n = 9)

9

0:9

30.7 (6.8)

90.2 (16.1)

1.76 (0.11)

Yes

Not specified

 Hak, et al. (2014) [28]

Unilateral transtibial amputees

Traumatic (n = 8), Dysvascular (n = 1)

Other (n = 1)

10

1:9

38.8 (14.6)

87.1 (9.76)

1.83 (0.11)

No

n/a

Other amputation (n = 4)

 Hof, et al. (2007) [34]

Unilateral transfemoral amputation

6

2:4

40.5 (6.0)

69.3 (19.1)

1.74 (0.08)

Yes

Leg length, mass, sex

 Major, et al. (2013) [3]

Bilateral transtibial amputees

Vascular (n = 5)

Traumatic (n = 3)

Congenital (n = 1)

Meningitis (n = 1)

10

Not specified

50.0 (18.0)

82.0 (16.0)

1.73 (0.08)

Yes

Age, gait speed

 Brandt, et al. (2019) [29]

Unilateral transfemoral amputee or knee disarticulation

Trauma (n = 3)

Cancer (n = 2)

Congenital (n = 1)

6

1:5

40.8 (19.7)

68.2 (13.5)

1.75 (0.05)

No

n/a

 Major, et al. (2019) [35]

Transradial and transhumeral amputees

Transradial (n = 7)

Transhumeral (n = 3)

10

3:7

50.0 (19.0)

75.3 (18.6)

1.75 (0.08)

No

n/a

Spinal cord injury (SCI) (n = 2)

 Day, et al. (2012) [38]

SCI

Cervical (n = 7)

Thoracic (n = 3)

10

4:6

42.6 (14.2)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Not specified

 Arora, et al. (2019) [13]

SCI

Tetraplegic (n = 11)

Paraplegic (n = 9)

20

5:15

60.1 (17.8)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Age, sex

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (n = 2)

 Peebles, et al. (2016) [12]

MS

40

28:12

No gait impairment: 45.8 (8.6)

Gait impairment: 45.9 (8.7)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Not specified

Peebles, et al. (2017) [39]

MS

55

39:16

Non-fallers: 45.9 (9.5)

Fallers: 46.6 (10.1)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Not specified

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) (n = 3)

 Stegemöller, et al. (2012) [37]

PD

10

Not specified

62.0 (9.3)

87.7 (20.5)

1.72 (11.0)

Yes

Age, sex

 Catalá, et al. (2016) [36]

PD

25

Not specified

48.0 (5.0)

77.6 (16.6)

1.72 (0.08)

Yes

Age, anthropometric parameters, sport activity level

 Martelli, et al. (2017) [11]

PD

9

2:7

64.3 (7.4)

75.5 (15.7)

1.70 (0.06)

Yes

Age

Miscellaneous (n = 7)

 McCrum, et al. (2014) [18]

Unilateral peripheral vestibular disorder (UPVD)

17

10:7

49.0 (9.0)

73.8 (14.1)

1.71 (7.3)

Yes

Age, anthropometric parameters, sport activity level, sex

 Hoogkamer, et al. (2015) [44]

Cerebellar lesions

Pilocytic Astrocytoma (n = 8)

Medulloblastoma (n = 5)

Astrocytoma grade II (n = 2)

Astrocytoma grade III (n = 1)

Lhermitte Duclos Disease (n = 1)

Hemangioblastoma (n = 1))

18

13:5

24.4 (7.3)

Not specified

Not specified

Yes

Not specified

 Rijken, et al. (2015) [40]

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

10

3:7

49.0 (5.0)

76.0 (12.0)

1.78 (0.07)

Yes

Age, sex

 Ghomian, et al. (2017) [43]

Diabetes Mellitus

1

1

50

Not specified

Not specified

No

n/a

 Simon, et al. (2017) [42]

Spinal deformity

Lytic spondylolisthesis (n = 6)

Scoliosis (n = 4)

Kyphotic deformity (n = 4)

Flatback secondary to spinal fusion (n = 2)

Degenerative kypho-scoliosis (n = 1)

17

15:2

37.1 (26.0)

Not specified

1.61 (0.02)

Yes

Not specified

 van Vugt, et al. (2019) [41]

Hereditary spastic paraparesis

10

4:6

53.5 (11.5)

81.4 (15.2)

Not specified

Yes

Age

 de Jong, et al. (2020) [45]

“Balance problems”

SCI (n = 15)

Stroke (n = 15)

Other (n = 15)

56

18:38

SCI: 57.7 (11.5)

Stroke: 54.9 (15.6)

Other: 58.8 (14.6)

SCI: 84.1 (6.7)

Stroke: 75.3 (19.6)

Other: 82.8 (14.3)

SCI: 1.79 (7.3)

Stroke: 1.71 (10.3)

Other: 1.75 (10.3)

Yes

Not specified

  1. 14Stroke > 6 months ago