Can Rehabilitation Influence the Efficiency of Control Signals in Complex Motion Strategies?

Table 2

Comparison of tests’ results prior to and after the rehabilitation therapy in the experimental and control group.

Variable		Before		After		Relative difference	Absolute difference	Post hoc test
		1		2		1−2	1−2(%)
Experimental group
Gait speed; (m/s)	T1	0.63	0.03	0.79	0.05	−0.16	25.40	0.001
	T2	0.70	0.04	0.81	0.06	−0.11	15.71	0.001
	T3	0.59	0.03	0.67	0.05	−0.08	13.56	0.001
Step length; (m)	T1	0.36	0.04	0.43	0.07	−0.07	19.44	0.002
	T2	0.42	0.02	0.50	0.03	−0.08	19.05	0.002
	T3	0.40	0.03	0.44	0.03	−0.04	10.00	0.003
Frequence; (steps/s)	T1	1.92	0.07	1.84	0.07	0.08	−4.17	0.002
	T2	1.64	0.06	1.62	0.06	0.02	−1.22	0.020
	T3	1.56	0.06	1.52	0.06	0.04	−2.56	0.001
Control group
Gait speed; (m/s)	T1	0.64	0.05	0.61	0.05	0.03	−4.69	0.06
	T2	0.72	0.04	0.71	0.03	0.01	−1.39	0.11
	T3	0.62	0.03	0.60	0.04	0.02	−3.23	0.07
Step length; (m)	T1	0.34	0.04	0.32	0.04	0.02	−5.88	0.32
	T2	0.43	0.02	0.41	0.03	0.02	−4.65	0.12
	T3	0.38	0.02	0.37	0.03	0.01	−2.63	0.06
Frequence; (steps/s)	T1	1.90	0.08	1.91	0.07	−0.01	0.53	0.80
	T2	1.68	0.06	1.63	0.06	0.05	−2.98	0.08
	T3	1.57	0.05	1.59	0.06	−0.02	1.27	0.06

1: mean of examined variables in the experimental group.
2: mean of examined variables in the control group.
: standard deviation
: probability ratio.