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Table 1 Subject demographics

From: Task-specific ankle robotics gait training after stroke: a randomized pilot study

Baseline measures (mean ± SE)

Treadmill robotic training (TMR, n = 14)

Seated robotic training (SRT, n = 12)

P-value

Age (years)

59.5 ± 3.6

56.8 ± 3.2

0.88

Sex (male/female)

9 male, 5 female

7 male, 5 female

n/a

Height (m)

1.68 ± 0.03

1.70 ± 0.03

0.81

Weight (kg)

81.5 ± 4.2

85.0 ± 3.7

0.58

Time post-stroke (months)

37.4 ± 10.4

34.0 ± 6.8

0.94

Walking speed (m/s)

0.55 ± 0.06

0.56 ± 0.08

0.94

Berg Balance Scale (0–54)

49.1 ± 1.5

44.3 ± 3.0

0.26

Dynamic Gait Index (0–22)

17.4 ± 0.9

14.4 ± 1.8

0.33

DF AROM (degrees)

1.5 ± 2.4

1.1 ± 5.7

0.87

Assistive device typea

8AFO, 8SPC, 1QC, 1RW

7AFO, 5SPC, 3QC, 1RW

n/a

  1. Abbreviations: DF dorsiflexion, AROM active range of motion, AFO ankle-foot orthosis, SPC single point cane, QC quad cane RW rolling walker. Wilcoxon Sign Rank P-values for between group comparisons. aNote that some subjects used more than one assistive device