Research Article

Effect of Drop Foot on Spatiotemporal, Kinematic, and Kinetic Parameters during Gait

Table 2

Values of parameters that describe spatiotemporal structure of gait in studied groups.

Spatiotemporal parametersDF group
()
C group
()
value
(mean ± SD)(mean ± SD)

Cadence (steps/min)71.0 ± 9.6119.4 ± 8.30.0002
Stride time (s)1.7 ± 0.41.0 ± 0.30.0417
Stride length (m)1.1 ± 0.11.5 ± 0.10.0001
Step length (m)0.5 ± 0.10.7 ± 0.10.0001
Walking speed (m/s)0.7 ± 0.11.4 ± 0.10.0000

SD: standard deviation; DF: drop foot group; C: control group; significant values (≤0.05).