Reliability of the Maximal Step Length Test and Its Correlation with Motor Function in Chronic Stroke Survivors

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of two groups.

Characteristics	Stroke survivors		Healthy older adults		p-value
	n	%	n	%
Gender (Male/Female)	32/16	66.7/33.3	12/27	30.8/69.2	0.462
Hemi side (Left/Right)	24/24	50/50	/	/	N/A
Dominant side (Left/Right)	/	/	2/37	5.1/94.9	N/A
Cause of stroke (Ischemic/hemorrhagic)	32/16	66.7/33.3	/	/	N/A
Number of fall (0/1/2)	38/10/0	79.2/20.8	36/2/1	92.3/5.1/2.6	0.257
Mobility status	22/24/2	45.8/50.0/4.2	38/1/0	97.4/2.6/0	0.515
(Unaided/With stick/SBQ)
Ankle-foot orthoses (No/Yes)	47/1	97.9/2.1	/	/	N/A
	Mean ± SD [range]
Age					0.600
Height (cm)					0.371
Weight (kg)					0.149
Body Mass Index (Kg/m^2)					0.238
Leg length					0.329
Affected knee flexor strength (kg)			/		N/A
Affected knee extensor strength (kg)			/		N/A
Affected ankle dorsiflexor strength (kg)			/		N/A
Affected ankle plantarflexor strength (kg)			/		N/A
LOS MXE Forward (%)			/		N/A
LOS MXE Affected side (%)			/		N/A
LOS MXE Less affected side (%)			/		N/A
LOS MXE Backward (%)			/		N/A
Walking speed			/		N/A
	Median ± IQR [range]
BBS			/		N/A
ABC			/		N/A

BBS, Berg Balance Scale; ABC, Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale; SBQ, small base quadripod; N/A, not applicable.