Table 3 Comparison of gait measures between PD and control groups in the laboratory and during daily life
Gait measures | Laboratory | Daily Life | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PD-Ctl (N = 15) | PD (N = 16) | Wilcox p-value | PD-Ctl (N = 15) | PD (N = 16) | Wilcox p-value | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Cadence (steps/min) | 114.49 | 9.65 | 116.94 | 7.67 | 0.446 | 101.37 | 8.07 | 104 | 11.1 | 0.446 |
Double Support (%) | 21.88 | 2.88 | 20.41 | 3.76 | 0.151 | 27.18 | 5.67 | 27.39 | 5.04 | 0.922 |
Elevation at Mid Swing (cm) | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.05 | 0.6 | 0.693 | 3.29 | 0.99 | 3.29 | 0.9 | 0.800 |
Gait Speed (m/s) | 1.07 | 0.15 | 1.05 | 0.15 | 0.828 | 0.89 | 0.13 | 0.73 | 0.15 | 0.003† |
Foot Strike Angle (degrees) | 16.94 | 5.27 | 12.81 | 4.56 | 0.011 | 17.67 | 3.52 | 11.57 | 5.09 | 0.001† |
Toe Off Angle (degrees) | 33.8 | 5.3 | 31.49 | 5.05 | 0.140 | 25.4 | 3.73 | 22.4 | 4.67 | 0.027 |
Stride Duration (s) | 1.06 | 0.09 | 1.03 | 0.07 | 0.452 | 1.23 | 0.11 | 1.21 | 0.13 | 0.495 |
Stride Length (m) | 1.12 | 0.13 | 1.08 | 0.16 | 0.553 | 1.04 | 0.12 | 0.85 | 0.18 | 0.006 |
Swing (%) | 38.99 | 1.39 | 39.67 | 1.95 | 0.151 | 37.04 | 1.87 | 36.81 | 2.23 | 0.830 |
Toe Out Angle (degrees) | 8.66 | 7.5 | 9.31 | 8.51 | 1.000 | 19.63 | 9.53 | 17.02 | 8.8 | 0.495 |
Lumbar—Coronal ROM (degrees) | 7.85 | 2.11 | 5.84 | 2.44 | 0.010 | 6.31 | 1.72 | 5.16 | 1.72 | 0.142 |
Lumbar—Sagittal ROM (degrees) | 5.81 | 2.44 | 5.58 | 2.55 | 0.711 | 6.31 | 1.15 | 6.88 | 1.72 | 0.854 |
Lumbar—Transverse ROM (degrees) | 9.58 | 3.49 | 9.79 | 4.27 | 0.843 | 16.62 | 2.93 | 16.05 | 4.01 | 0.377 |