Efficacy of rhythmic auditory stimulation on gait parameters in hemiplegic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

Ahmed, Gehan M.; Fahmy, Ebtesam M.; Ibrahim, Mohamed F.; Nassief, Ayman A.; Elshebawy, Haidy; Mahfouz, Marwa M.; Elzanaty, Mahmoud Y.

doi:10.1186/s41983-023-00606-w

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 Comparison of gait parameters within and between control and study groups pre- and post-treatments

From: Efficacy of rhythmic auditory stimulation on gait parameters in hemiplegic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

Gait parameters	Control group	Study group	Mean difference	T value	p value
Gait parameters	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean difference	T value	p value
1. Walking speed (m/sec)	0.72 ± 0.06	0.71 ± 0.05		0.31	0.75
1. Walking speed (m/sec)	0.78 ± 0.06	0.89 ± 0.06	0.11	0.31	0.001*
Improvement (%)	8.33	25.35
	T = 9.52	T = 29.8
	p = 0.0001*	p = 0.0001*
2. Step cycle (cycles/sec)	0.61 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.05		0.29	0.77
2. Step cycle (cycles/sec)	0.64 ± 0.04	0.70 ± 0.05	0.06	0.29	0.01*
Improvement (%)	4.91	16.66
	T = 3.79	T = 16.63
	p = 0.003*	p = 0.0001*
3. Step length of the affected side (meters)	0.36 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.02		0.44	0.66
3. Step length of the affected side (meters)	0.40 ± 0.04	0.44 ± 0.03	0.04	0.44	0.03*
Improvement (%)	11.11	25.71
	T = 11.86	T = 23.68
	p = 0.001*	p = 0.0001*
4. Step length of the non-affected side (meters)	0.65 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.04		0.7	0.48
4. Step length of the non-affected side (meters)	0.66 ± 0.04	0.67 ± 0.04	0.01	0.62	0.53
Improvement (%)	1.53	3.68
	T = 2.34	T = 2.87
	p = 0.03*	p = 0.01*
5. Percent of time on affected side (%)	42.5 ± 1.56	42.25 ± 1.05		0.45	0.65
5. Percent of time on affected side (%)	43.58 ± 1.72	45.08 ± 1.72	1.5	0.45	0.04*
Improvement (%)	2.54	6.69
	T = 13	T = 10.47
	p = 0.01*	p = 0.0001*
6. Percent of time on non-affected side (%)	57.5 ± 1.56	57.75 ± 1.05		0.45	0.65
6. Percent of time on non-affected side (%)	56.25 ± 1.91	54.91 ± 1.72	1.34	0.45	0.08
Improvement (%)	2.17	4.91
	T = 9.57	T = 10.47
	p = 0.01*	p = 0.0001*
7. Ambulation index	73.08 ± 1.72	72.66 ± 1.15		0.69	0.49
7. Ambulation index	74.16 ± 1.74	76.08 ± 1.83	1.92	0.69	0.01*
Improvement (%)	1.47	4.7
	T = 9.57	T = 8.58
	p = 0.02*	p = 0.0001*

p > 0.05: non-significant
p < 0.05: significant
SD standard deviation

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