Influence of percentage of body-weight support on gait in patients with traumatic incomplete spinal cord injury

Table 1 The comparability of statistical changes pre-test and post-test in the outcome parameters pre and post 6 weeks of rehabilitation

Parameters	Group	Mean ± SD		p value
Parameters	Group	Pre-test	Post-test	p value
Walking speed (m/s)	A (BWSTT 30%)	1.51 ± 0.25	1.87 ± 0.26	0.001**
Walking speed (m/s)	B (BWSTT 40%)	0.94 ± 0.25	1.78 ± 0.24	0.001**
Step length (m)	A (BWSTT 30%)	0.556 ± 0.019	0.561 ± 0.031	0.001**
Step length (m)	B (BWSTT 40%)	0.5916 ± 0.0244	0.6941 ± 0.0206	0.001**
Stride length (m)	A (BWSTT 30%)	0.627 ± 0.261	0.713 ± 0.259	0.001**
Stride length (m)	B (BWSTT 40%)	0.637 ± 0.156	0.967 ± 0.244	0.001**
Cadence (steps/min)	A (BWSTT 30%)	89.42 ± 8.57	93.61 ± 8.26	0.009*
Cadence (steps/min)	B (BWSTT 40%)	93.33 ± 7.67	108.33 ± 8.96	0.009*
Step width (m)	A (BWSTT 30%)	0.11 ± 0.0244	0.10 ± 0.0199	0.114
Step width (m)	B (BWSTT 40%)	0.11 ± 0.0275	0.11 ± 0.0239	0.114

Data indicated as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
m/s meter per second, m meter, and cadence explained steps per min. BWSTT body-weight-support treadmill training
*Significant at p < 0.01
**highly significant difference