Validating stroke-induced bilateral ankle coordination deficits using bilateral ankle measure relationship with motor functions in lower limbs

Table 3 Relationships between bilateral ankles coordination control and clinical motor and functional performances in the stroke group (N = 19)

Coordination control variables	Conditions	Statistic	BI	FMA-LE	BBS	TUG (s)	10-m walk (s)	Cadence		Speed		Length		SI
Coordination control variables	Conditions	Statistic	BI	FMA-LE	BBS	TUG (s)	10-m walk (s)	P	NP	P	NP	P	NP	P	NP
Alternating time	Condition 1	Pearson correlation	− .017	.438	− .192	.059	− .062	.170	.169	.162	.184	.068	.127	.055	.070
	Condition 1	Sig. (2-tailed)	.945	.061	.432	.810	.802	.487	.489	.508	.451	.783	.604	.824	.776
	Condition 2	Pearson correlation	.169	.384	.143	− .390	− .220	.387	.387	.331	.346	.247	.291	.181	.422
	Condition 2	Sig. (2-tailed)	.489	.105	.560	.098	.365	.102	.101	.167	.147	.308	.226	.457	.072
Alternating angle	Condition 1	Pearson correlation	− .216	− .393	− .264	− .003	.106	− .276	− .280	− .251	− .235	− .145	− .114	.189	− .257
	Condition 1	Sig. (2-tailed)	.375	.096	.274	.990	.666	.252	.246	.300	.332	.554	.641	.437	.287
	Condition 2	Pearson correlation	− .457*	− .308	− .335	.512*	.747**	− .433	− .432	− .495*	− .491*	− .551*	− .518*	− .314	− .451
	Condition 2	Sig. (2-tailed)	.049	.199	.161	.025	.000	.064	.065	.031	.033	.015	.023	.191	.053

Condition 1 was transferred from the non-paretic to the paretic ankle in a stroke patient; condition 2 was transferred from the paretic to the non-paretic ankle in a stroke patient
SD standard deviation; FMA-LE lower limb Fugl-Meyer Assessment, BI Barth Index, BBS Berg Balance Test, TUG time up and go, SI symmetry index, NP Non- paretic, P paretic
^*Significant difference p < 0.05, **p < 0.00

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