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

Table 4

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

Variables	Pretest	Posttest	Paired
	M ± SD	M ± SD	-test
	Cadence	53.4 ± 15.4	68.5 ± 14.5	2.34	2.34
SGS (m/s)	22.8 ± 11	30.2 ± 11	2.6	0.029
FGS (m/s)	45.5 ± 17.7	55.5 ± 24.1	2.28	0.049
WBAL	38.4 ± 8.2	39.8 ± 6.9	0.86	0.412
SIS	53.1 ± 10.4	56.5 ± 6.8	1.71	0.121

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