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Table 6 Overview of therapy metrics

From: Multicentric investigation on the safety, feasibility and usability of the ABLE lower-limb robotic exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injury: a framework towards the standardisation of clinical evaluations

 

Session

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Range

p-value

Walking time (min)

2

3.0 (5.0)

4.8 (6.5)

0–27

 < 0.001

6

7.0 (13.0)

9.1 (8.9)

0–31

11

8.0 (17.0)

12.4 (10.7)

0–32

Steps (n)

2

68.0 (128.0)

138.8 (239.7)

0–1025

 < 0.001

6

144.0 (335.0)

282.1 (322.8)

0–1288

11

222.0 (610.0)

422.8 (415.5)

4–1301

Speed (m/s)

2

0.1 (0.1)

0.1 (0.1)

0–0.3

 < 0.001

6

0.1 (0.1)

0.1 (0.1)

0–0.4

11

0.2 (0.1)

0.2 (0.1)

0.1–0.3

Distance (m)

2

23.0 (59.7)

55.2 (111.9)

0–476.5

 < 0.001

6

41.0 (145.1)

108.8 (150.4)

0–602.5

11

87.1 (265.3)

157.8 (164.1)

1.4–491.0

  1. Median, interquartile range (IQR), mean, standard deviation (SD), range and Friedman-test p-value of walking time, steps, speed and distance of session 2, 6 and 11 for 17 participants, who completed sessions 2–11