Effects of Walking Endurance Reduction on Gait Stability in Patients with Stroke

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants. Mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval) or median (first and third quartiles) of demographic characteristics, clinical features and scale scores at the moment of the 6MWT. The fourth and the last columns report the P values obtained by t test for continuous measures, Mann-Whitney u test for BI and FAC, and 𝜒² test for side of hemiparesis and types of stroke.

Characteristics	CG	PG	P	PG1	PG2	P
	(𝑛=10)	(𝑛=20)	CG versus PG	(𝑛=12)	(𝑛=8)	PG1 versus PG2
Age (years old)	62.8 ± 9.7 (56.8;68.8)	64.4 ± 13.0 (58.7;70.1)	0.734	62.7 ± 14.7 (54.4;70.1)	67.0 ± 10.0 (59.8;74.2)	0.468
Height (m)	1.68 ± 0.10 (1.61;1.74)	1.69 ± 0.11 (1.64;1.74)	0.795	1.69 ± 0.13 (1.62;1.76)	1.69 ± 0.09 (1.63;1.75)	0.975
Body mass Index (kg/m^2)	25.5 ± 2.4 (24.0;27.0)	26.29 ± 4.17 (24.5;28.1)	0.594	26.86 ± 4.33 (24.4;29.3)	25.43 ± 4.04 (22.6;28.2)	0.469
Women	5	6	0.284	4	2	0.690
Men	5	14		8	6
Time from the event (days)	—	132 ± 103 (86.9;177.1)	—	101 ± 36 (80.6;121.4)	180 ± 149 (76.7;283.3)	0.091
Length of stay (days)	—	92 ± 41 (74.0;110.0)	—	83 ± 32 (64.9;101.1)	104 ± 51 (68.7;139.3)	0.277
Barthel index	—	60	—	70	46	0.341
		(44;88)		(50;88)	(38;73)
Functional Ambulation Classification	—	4	—	4	3	0.327
		(2;5)		(3;5)	(2;4)
Right	—	12	—	7	5	0.852
Left hemiparesis		8		5	3
Ischemic	—	18	—	11	7	0.761
haemorrhagic		2		1	1