Changes of Plantar Pressure and Gait Parameters in Children with Mild Cerebral Palsy Who Used a Customized External Strap Orthosis: A Crossover Study

Table 1

Changes in the gait parameters and path of pressure trajectory.

	Removing the orthoses; ()	Wearing the orthoses; ()	-value	value
Gait speed (m/min)	41.66 ± 1.73	43.33 ± 1.32	0.25	0.036
Stride length (m)	0.62 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.02	0.45	0.011
Cadence (steps/min)	60.22 ± 1.93	62.67 ± 1.22	2.22	0.005
Pressure trajectory
Anteroposterior index (%)	59.67 ± 6.59	64.55 ± 3.78	3.17	0.076
Excursion index (%)	15.56 ± 1.94	19.23 ± 3.32	1.14	0.013

, removing the orthoses versus wearing the orthoses.