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Table 1 Subjects’ demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Virtual reality—enhanced walking in people post-stroke: effect of optic flow speed and level of immersion on the gait biomechanics

Characteristic

Stroke (n = 16)

Healthy (n = 16)

p-value

Age (years)

53.88 ± 11.43

53.75 ± 11.61

0.976

Sex

  Male (n, %)

 Female (n, %)

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

1.000

Height (cm)

172.00 ± 8.52

173.50 ± 6.82

0.587

Weight (kg)

74.18 ± 14.35

73.41 ± 11.13

0.867

BDI score

10.88 ± 8.68

1.81 ± 2.46

 < 0.001

Time since stroke (months)

44.24 (49.20)

-

 

Paretic side

 Left (n, %)

 Right (n, %)

9 (56.25)

7 (43.75)

-

-

 

FAC score

4

-

 

Fugl-Meyer lower limb (/34)

22.69 (6.87)

-

 
  1. BDI Beck Depression Inventory. FAC Functional Ambulation Categories. Values are expressed in number (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation