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Table 4 Observed mean gait speed ± standard deviation (SD)

From: Effects of gait support in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration by a wearable robot based on synchronization control

Case ID

Gait speed ± SD [m/s]

 

Without PU

Cond. A

Cond. B

Cond. C

1

1.05 ±0.02

1.07 ±0.03

1.08 ±0.01

1.11 ±0.02

2

0.64 ±0.08

0.47 ±0.08

0.52 ±0.02

0.62 ±0.07

3

0.70 ±0.09

0.94 ±0.04

0.80 ±0.07

1.00 ±0.02 ∗

4

0.65 ±0.12

0.66 ±0.03

0.65 ±0.06

0.68 ±0.03

5

0.73 ±0.11

0.65 ±0.12

0.75 ±0.03

0.73 ±0.03

6

1.12 ±0.07

0.87 ±0.09

0.86 ±0.02

0.89 ±0.03

7

1.15 ±0.01

1.06 ±0.07

1.13 ±0.06

1.26 ±0.04 ∗

8

0.48 ±0.06

0.35 ±0.10

0.56 ±0.03

0.58 ±0.02

9

0.37 ±0.04

0.49 ±0.08 ∗

0.60 ±0.02 ∗∗

0.57 ±0.03 ∗∗

10

0.83 ±0.06

0.78 ±0.07

0.87 ±0.05

0.99 ±0.08 ∗

11

0.92 ±0.02

0.81 ±0.08

0.92 ±0.03

0.98 ±0.01

12

0.92 ±0.10

0.93 ±0.11

0.98 ±0.05

0.92 ±0.04

  1. Bold numbers show the statistically increase of gait speed compared with the patient’s basic gait without wearing the power unit (PU) including actuators, a switch box, and a controller box of the curara system. ∗p<0.05, ∗∗p<0.001