Do Improvements in Balance Relate to Improvements in Long-Distance Walking Function after Stroke?
Table 2
Pretraining and change-score values.
Measures of central tendency and precision
T or Z statistic
value
Pretraining
Change
6MWT (distance)
Mean (SD)
301 (134)
77 (63)
−6.779
.000
95% CI
252–351
54–100
BERG (score)
Mean (SD)
47.29 (8.92)
1.83 (4.36)
−2.348
.013
95% CI
43–52
0.24–3.44
FGA (score)
Mean (SD)
13.06 (4.75)
2.20 (3.65)
−3.350
.001
95% CI
11.32–14.81
0.86–3.53
ABC (score)
Median (IQR)
76 (22)a
4 (15)a
−2.205b
.014
95% CI
65–79
−0.93–10.39
6MWT: six-minute walk test; BERG: Berg Balance Scale; FGA: functional gait assessment; ABC: Activities Specific Balance Confidence Scale. If data were not normally distributed, median (IQR)a and Z scoreb are presented.