Research Article

Weight-Bearing and Effort Distributions at the Lower Limbs during the Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand Test in Hemiparetic and Healthy Individuals

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation values of the time, WB, and effort distributions for the 1-STS task and the five cycles (C1–C5) of the 5R-STS test for the hemiparetics and the controls (nonparetic and right sides, resp.).

GroupsVariables 1-STS5R-STS
C1C2C3C4C5

HemipareticsTime (s)2.5 (0.8)2.4 (0.6)2.3 (0.6)2.3 (0.7)2.4 (0.7)
WB distribution (%)56.1 (5.5)59.2 (6.1)59.1 (6.7)58.9 (7.0)59.2 (7.9)60.1 (7.7)
Effort distribution (%)56.3 (11.4)58.7 (10.8)58.7 (10.5)59.3 (9.3)59.1 (10.5)58.7 (9.8)

ControlsTime (s)1.4 (0.3)1.4 (0.2)1.3 (0.2)1.3 (0.2)1.3 (0.3)
WB distribution (%)49.7 (2.9)49.1 (4.1)49.8 (2.9)50.3 (3.6)50.9 (3.8)50.8 (3.8)
Effort distribution (%)51.1 (8.3)51.0 (7.2)51.9 (8.5)49.6 (8.0)51.8 (8.0)54.2 (8.3)