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Table 1 Participant characteristics with post-stroke Stiff-Knee gait

From: Rectus femoris hyperreflexia contributes to Stiff-Knee gait after stroke

Subject no

Age (yrs)

G

Side

W (kg)

Post (yrs)

Med.

Botox

AFO/ Canea

Walking Speed (m/s)

Peak Knee flexion (degrees)

1

41

M

L

100

3

No

0.5

26.3

2

70

M

R

86

4

Baclofen

No

AFO

0.35

6.9

3

63

M

R

81

1.5

Yes

Cane

0.5

19.5

4

55

M

L

110

8

Baclofen

Yes

Cane

5

45

M

L

76

2.5

No

AFO

0.35

11.8

6

59

M

R

83

1

Yes

0.3

9.9

7

53

M

R

65

3

Yes

0.3

12.6

8

53

M

R

77

1

Yes

0.4

15.6

9

41

F

R

64

7

No

0.5

27.7

10

61

F

L

63

1

No

Cane

0.22

9.5

Mean

54.1

  

80.5

3.2

   

0.38

15.5

SD

9.62

  

15.4

2.5

   

0.10

7.5

  1. G gender, W weight, Post years post-stroke, Meds taking Baclofen, AFO/Cane use of an ankle–foot orthosis or cane, M male, F female
  2. aAll ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) worn by the participants were hinged versions. “Walking Speed” refers to each participant’s maximum comfortable walking speed on treadmill. Subject 4 was only able to walk overground and thus walking speed and peak knee flexion angle measures were not collected