A Pilot Study on Gait Kinematics of Old Women with Bound Feet

Table 2

Spatiotemporal and kinematic gait parameters for both groups (mean ± SD).

	Bound foot	Normal foot	value
Spatiotemporal gait parameters
Gait speed (m/s)	0.64 ± 0.07	0.81 ± 0.11	0.247
Cadence (steps/min)	107.10 ± 4.10	86.30 ± 8.41	0.046
Stride length (m)	0.67 ± 0.09	1.04 ± 0.08	0.037
Stance (%GC)	80.17 ± 3.94	68.47 ± 5.89	0.001
Kinematic gait parameters
Knee ROM (degree)	18.15 ± 2.06	36.24 ± 4.63	0.049
Ankle ROM (degree)	15.36 ± 1.78	25.82 ± 3.65	0.025
Kneeswing (degree)	18.05 ± 3.12	28.53 ± 2.35	0.041
Ankleswing (degree)	1.38 ± 0.53	−9.46 ± 1.34	0.015

SD: standard deviation.
& indicates significance at .