Research Article

Effects of Functional Limb Overloading on Symmetrical Weight Bearing, Walking Speed, Perceived Mobility, and Community Participation among Patients with Chronic Stroke

Table 3

Within-group comparison of the dependent variable in FLO group.

VariablesPretestPosttestPaired
M ± SDM ± SD-test

Cadence 61.1 ± 12.281.8 ± 13.85.035.03
SGS (m/s)31.9 ± 15.946.9 ± 15.93.620.004
FGS (m/s)59.8 ± 26.280.50 ± 304.680.001
WBAL40.2 ± 6.944.9 ± 3.42.750.018
SIS 55.6 ± 764.6 ± 3.42.690.020

SGS: Slow Gait Speed, FGS: Fast Gait Speed, WBAL: weight bearing on affected limb, and SIS: stroke impact scale score.