Research Article
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 |
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SD: standard deviation. & indicates significance at .
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