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Table 2 Number of gait cycles and mean (sd) of gait velocities, stride time, step time, stance time, swing time and stride length for all groups (healthy elderly – E, hemiparetic – H, Parkinson’s disease – P and choreic – C) at both comfortable (V1) and higher (V2) speed

From: Estimation of step-by-step spatio-temporal parameters of normal and impaired gait using shank-mounted magneto-inertial sensors: application to elderly, hemiparetic, parkinsonian and choreic gait

Group

Comfortable speed

Higher speed

(V1)

(V2)

Gait cycles

Gait velocity [m/s]

Stride time [s]

Step time [s]

Stance time [s]

Swing time [s]

Stride length [m]

Gait cycles

Gait velocity [m/s]

Stride time [s]

Step time [s]

Stance time [s]

Swing time [s]

Stride length [m]

E

578

1.17 (0.16)

1.05 (0.10)

0.53 (0.05)

0.68 (0.07)

0.38 (0.03)

1.23 (0.15)

610

1.49 (0.22)

0.92 (0.10)

0.46 (0.05)

0.58 (0.08)

0.34 (0.02)

1.35 (0.19)

H

576

0.61 (0.24)

1.35 (0.24)

0.67 (0.12)

0.94 (0.17)

0.41 (0.10)

0. 81 (0.30)

516

0.79 (0.30)

1.22 (0.21)

0.60 (0.10)

0.83 (0.17)

0.39 (0.07)

0.86 (0.30)

P

532

0.85 (0.14)

1.14 (0.09)

0.57 (0.05)

0.76 (0.07)

0.38 (0.03)

0.97 (0.15)

560

1.02 (0.14)

1.04 (0.10)

0.52 (0.05)

0.68 (0.07)

0.36 (0.04)

1.06 (0.15)

C

567

1.08 (0.30)

1.11 (0.14)

0.56 (0.07)

0.71 (0.10)

0.40 (0.05)

1.16 (0.21)

575

1.28 (0.26)

1.00 (0.11)

0.50 (0.05)

0.64 (0.08)

0.36 (0.03)

1.27 (0.23)