Research Article
Change of Muscle Architecture following Body Weight Support Treadmill Training for Persons after Subacute Stroke: Evidence from Ultrasonography
Table 3
Muscle strength comparison of dorsiflexion and plantarflexion before and after training.
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| Dorsiflexion ()
Mean (SD) | Before | After | | |
| | BWSTT affected | 49.04 (28.12) | 83.75 (42.72) | −4.780 | 0.000* | | BWSTT unaffected | 142.85 (32.57) | 134.57 (41.70) | 0.985 | 0.333 | | CGT affected | 47.08 (25.01) | 55.71 (25.50) | −1.928 | 0.069 | | CGT unaffected | 129.45 (33.15) | 122.78 (40.85) | 0.687 | 0.503 |
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| (b) |
| Plantarflexion ()
Mean (SD) | Before | After | | |
| | BWSTT affected | 93.67 (40.94) | 115.39 (65.37) | −2.144 | 0.041* | | BWSTT unaffected | 188.95 (56.07) | 179.78 (75.38) | 0.470 | 0.643 | | CGT affected | 85.48 (43.83) | 96.25 (43.83) | −1.348 | 0.193 | | CGT unaffected | 175.20 (37.87) | 173.11 (56.16) | 0.202 | 0.842 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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