Comparison of gait parameters between groups for data with non-normal distribution.
Parameters | Self control group (Wilcoxon test) | The differences of groups (Friedman test) | |||||
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Single point cane | Bilateral forearm crutch | Walker | |||||
Z | P-value | Z | P-value | Z | P-value | P-value | |
Gait cycle duration | -3.530 | <0.001** | -3.726 | <0.001* | -3.622 | <0.001* | <0.001* |
Left step time | -3.322 | 0.001** | -3.725 | <0.001** | -3.623 | <0.001** | <0.001** |
Right step time | -3.534 | <0.001** | -3.729 | <0.001** | -3.621 | <0.001** | <0.001** |
Stance phase | -0.588 | 0.556 | -0.240 | 0.811 | -1.810 | 0.070* | 0.042* |
Swing phase | -1.279 | 0.201 | -1.113 | 0.266 | -1.752 | 0.080* | 0.032* |
Single support duration | -1.184 | 0.236 | -1.018 | 0.309 | -2.083 | 0.037* | 0.032* |
Double support duration | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.060 |
Pelvic extansion | -1.635 | 0.102 | -2.506 | 0.012* | -1.166 | 0.244 | 0.040* |
Friedman test (*p<0.05) and Wilcoxon test (**p<0.0018), Benferroni correction p/27.