Table 1 The 95% confidence interval of the spatio-temporal gait parameters during 0%, 10%, and 20% of body weight support (BWS) on the treadmill and over the ground.
Variables | BWS | 95% Confidence Interval | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Variability | Rate of change | |||||
Treadmill | Overground | Treadmill | Overground | Treadmill | Overground | ||
Stride length (m) | |||||||
0% | 0.85–0.93 | 1.18–1.27 | 0.026–0.036 | 0.053–0.077 | 0.61–0.68 | 0.86–0.91 | |
10% | 0.83–0.91 | 1.18–1.27 | 0.027–0.038 | 0.060–0.118 | 0.60–0.66 | 0.85–0.91 | |
20% | 0.82–0.91 | 1.15–1.24 | 0.026–0.042 | 0.073–0.109 | 0.59–0.66 | 0.83–0.90 | |
Stride speed (m/s) | |||||||
0% | 0.61–0.67 | 1.01–1.12 | 0.017–0.024 | 0.074–0.107 | 0.49–0.52 | 0.81–0.86 | |
10% | 0.61–0.67 | 1.01–1.13 | 0.016–0.026 | 0.078–0.148 | 0.49–0.52 | 0.81–0.87 | |
20% | 0.61–0.67 | 1.00–1.12 | 0.020–0.031 | 0.086–0.148 | 0.49–0.52 | 0.80–0.86 | |
Stance duration (%) | |||||||
0% | 63.9–66.6 | 61.6–63.8 | 1.884–2.494 | 1.949–2.360 | 1.06–1.10 | 1.02–1.05 | |
10% | 64.0–66.6 | 58.6–62.0 | 1.570–2.377 | 2.134–3.446 | 1.06–1.10 | 0.96–0.99 | |
20% | 63.4–66.1 | 58.0–60.7 | 1.715–2.714 | 2.417–3.737 | 1.05–1.09 | 0.96–1.00 | |
Step length (m) | |||||||
0% | 0.43–0.47 | 0.59–0.63 | 0.023–0.031 | 0.036–0.047 | 0.62–0.68 | 0.85–0.90 | |
10% | 0.42–0.46 | 0.59–0.63 | 0.020–0.036 | 0.042–0.074 | 0.61–0.67 | 0.85–0.91 | |
20% | 0.41–0.46 | 0.57–0.62 | 0.023–0.039 | 0.045–0.069 | 0.59–0.67 | 0.82–0.84 | |
Double-limb support (%) | |||||||
0% | 27.6–33.1 | 21.7–26.2 | 4.209–5.324 | 4.938–6.722 | 1.35–1.71 | 1.10–1.29 | |
10% | 27.8–33.3 | 16.9–22.0 | 3.591–5.655 | 5.538–7.480 | 1.37–1.69 | 0.84–1.11 | |
20% | 26.6–32.3 | 16.4–20.6 | 4.391–6.656 | 3.457–4.752 | 1.32–1.63 | 0.79–1.08 | |
