Research Article

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

Table 2

Between-group comparison of the dependent variable at baseline.

VariablesFLOLORTIndependent -test

Age45.3 + 12.344.7 + 14.10.120.911
Cadence 61.1 + 12.253.4 + 15.40.980.161
SGS (m/s)31.9 + 15.922.8 + 111.500.149
FGS (m/s)59.8 + 26.245.5 + 17.71.580.131
WBAL40.2 + 6.938.4 + 8.20.310.759
SIS 55.6 + 753.1 + 10.40.910.376

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