Clinical Study
Effects of 6-month, Multimodal Exercise Program on Clinical and Gait Parameters of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study
Table 4
Means and standard deviations for each gait dependent variable at pre and posttest and -value for the comparison at baseline.
| | Measure | Pretest | value at baseline TG versus CG | Posttest | Interaction between factors | | TG () | CG () | TG () | CG () | | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) |
| | Stride length (cm) | 95.1 (14.8) | 94.8 (20.7) |
0.95 | 102.4 (15.5) | 96.6 (25.7) |
*TG: post > pre | | CG: post = pre | | Stride duration (s) | 1.06 (0.17) | 1.07 (0.1) |
0.683 | 0.97 (0.11) | 1.03 (0.1) | trend | | TG: post < pre | | CG: post = pre | | Stride velocity (cm/s) | 92.7 (21.1) | 90.2 (24.9) |
0.625 | 105.7 (15.5) | 94.8 (28.8) |
*TG: post > pre | | CG: post = pre | | Cadence (strides/s) | 0.97 (0.13) | 0.94 (0.09) | 0.387 | 1.04 (0.12) | 0.98 (0.09) | ns | | Swing phase (%) | 36.5 (4.1) | 36.3 (2.4) | 0.771 | 37.2 (2.3) | 36.9 (2.6) | ns | | Single support (%) | 37.5 (3.7) | 37.6 (3.4) | 0.906 | 38.3 (2.3) | 38.3 (2.7) | ns | | Double support (%) | 26 (7.3) | 26.1 (4.9) | 0.924 | 24.5 (4) | 24.8 (4.5) | ns |
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Legend: TG: Trained group; CG: Control Group; *:significant interaction between factors (); ns: nonsignificant.
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