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Table 3 Spearman’s rho correlation scores; P -Value, between symptomatic fatigue (MFIS) to gait parameters

From: Association between perceived fatigue and gait parameters measured by an instrumented treadmill in people with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

Gait variable

Total group (n = 124)

Fatigue (n = 44)

Non-fatigue (n = 80)

Velocity (km/h)

−0.339; P < 0.001*

0.021; P = 0.890

−0.237; P = 0.034*

Cadence (steps/min)

−0.322; P < 0.001*

−0.143; P = 0.356

−0.285; P = 0.010*

Mean Step time (sec)

0.328; P < 0.001*

0.143; P = 0.356

0.284; P = 0.011*

Mean Step length (sec)

−0.274; P = 0.002*

0.037; P = 0.810

−0.172; P = 0.128

Mean Stance (%GC)

0.372; P < 0.001*

−0.071; P = 0.648

0.356; P = 0.001*

Mean Single support (% GC)

−0.372; P < 0.001*

0.086; P = 0.579

−0.357; P = 0.001*

Total Double support (% GC)

0.373; P < 0.001*

−0.077; P = 0.621

0.359; P = 0.001*

Mean Step width (cm)

0.171; P = 0.057

0.002; P = 0.988

0.063; P = 0.579

Mean Stride time (sec)

0.325; P < 0.001*

0.137; P = 0.374

0.285; P = 0.011*

Mean Stride length (cm)

−0.274; P = 0.002*

0.037; P = 0.809

−0.172; P = 0.128

Step length asymmetry (cm)

0.094; P = 0.299

−0.269; P = 0.077

0.167; P = 0.139

Step time asymmetry (msec)

0.205; P = 0.022*

−0.155; P = 0.316

0.057; P = 0.618

Single support asymmetry (GC%)

0.052; P = 0.569

−0.030; P = 0.846

−0.007; P = 0.947

Stance asymmetry (GC%)

0.059; P = 0.515

−0.042; P = 0.789

0.025; P = 0.829

  1. *P < 0.05.