Muscle contributions to pre-swing biomechanical tasks influence swing leg mechanics in individuals post-stroke during walking

Table 1 Participant characteristics and clinical scores for the Fugl Meyer Lower Extremity (FM LE), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT), and over ground (OG) self-selected walking speed

Individuals post-stroke
Participant	Age (yrs)	Mass (kg)	Height (m)	Treadmill self-selected walking speed (m/s)	Sex	Months since stroke	FM LE	DGI	6MWT (m)	OG walking speed (m/s)
1	75	66.6	1.61	0.44	M	–	31	21	418	1.08
2	67	76.1	1.54	0.55	F	–	28	16	347	0.99
3	58	76.8	1.59	0.55	F	21	29	22	415	0.90
4	51	85.9	1.69	0.55	M	–	31	21	410	0.98
5	53	112.7	1.78	0.35	F	28	21	18	329	0.79
6	63	114.6	1.68	0.40	M	54	26	–	–	0.91
7	49	93.5	1.92	0.40	M	19	24	19	312	1.18
8	70	85.0	1.82	0.30	M	47	25	15	236	0.68
9	70	86.4	1.80	0.30	M	29	24	19	257	0.88
10	55	53.7	1.60	0.30	F	81	16	13	218	0.36
11	60	75.8	1.68	0.45	M	26	23	18	260	0.75
12	35	63.7	1.58	0.50	F	21	20	18	346	0.70
13	66	98.5	1.80	0.40	M	127	19	–	–	0.65
14	26	77.7	1.62	0.30	F	33	23	15	229	0.38
15	43	84.9	1.69	0.20	M	–	9	12	262	0.64
Average	56 ± 13	83.5 ± 16.2	1.69 ± 0.11	0.4 ± 0.1		44 ± 33	23 ± 6	17 ± 3	311 ± 73	0.79 ± 0.23

Note that months since stroke and clinical scores for DGI and 6MWT were not available for all participants

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