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Table 2 Characteristics of therapeutic balance assistance during measurement trials

From: Manual physical balance assistance of therapists during gait training of stroke survivors: characteristics and predicting the timing

Patient ID (#)

Total events of balance assistance (#)

Travelled distance (m)

Travelled distance / event (m)

Mean peak force /event (ML-axis) (N) (% body weight)

Mean peak force / event (SI-axis) (N) (% body weight)

Mean peak force / event (AP-axis) (N) (% body weight)

Mean Duration (s)

Mean Impulse (Ns)

Location of event / number of sensors hit (#)

         

Both sensors

One Sensor

Other

1

6

28

5

12.3

(1.5)

2.2

(0.27)

1.2

(0.15)

0.72

2.5

4

1

1

2

3

42

14

13.6

(1.5)

1.9

(0.21)

1.3

(0.14)

0.99

6.3

1

1

1

3

3

28

9

28.9

(3.8)

5.1

(0.67)

2.2

(0.29)

0.95

13.9

0

1

2

4

1

21

21

–

(−)

–

(−)

–

(−)

–

–

0

0

1

5

1

63

63

–

(−)

–

(−)

–

(−)

–

–

0

0

1

6

7

42

6

18.1

(2.1)

1.4

(0.16)

2.2

(0.26)

1.7

12.5

7

0

0

7

3

15

5

6.5

(0.82)

1.8

(0.23)

4

(0.51)

1.2

4.2

1

2

0

8

3

100

33

25.5

(2.6)

1.1

(0.11)

2.4

(0.24)

1.9

13.1

0

3

0

Median (IQR)

3 (1.3)

35 (21)

11.5 (18.3)

15.9 (11)

(1.8) (0.98)

1.9 (0.7)

(0.22) (0.08)

2.2 (0.8)

(0.25) (0.11)

1.1 (0.6)

9.4 (8.2)

–

–

–

  1. ML = medio-lateral, SI = superior-interior, AP = anterior-posterior. Missing data is indicated by an ‘-‘: therapists did not provide assistance at the location of the force sensors in these cases. Characteristics of these events could therefore not be calculated