Table 4.
The mean and standard deviations of the gait parameters of 29 evaluated patients, grouped based on disease status, at baseline.
| Performance measure | Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetic (n = 12) | Mild neuropathy (n = 11) | Severe neuropathy (n = 6) | |||
| Single task | |||||
| Step duration (SDu; s) | 0.56 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.05 | 0.55 ± 0.05 | ||
| Step length (SL; m) | 0.72 ± 0.06 | 0.73 ± 0.1 | 0.62 ± 0.12 | ||
| Velocity (m·s-1) | 1.29 ± 0.14 | 1.39 ± 0.14 | 1.14 ± 0.37 | ||
| Cadence (steps/min) | 107 ± 5.8 | 115 ± 10.2 | 107.6 ± 15 | ||
| Dual task | |||||
| Step duration (SDu; s) | 0.6 ± 0.08 | 0.55 ± 0.05 | 0.6 ± 0.12 | ||
| Step length (SL; m) | 0.7 ± 0.07 | 0.7 ± 0.13 | 0.63 ± 0.1 | ||
| Velocity (m·s-1) | 1.18 ± 0.21 | 1.31 ± 0.28 | 1.09 ± 0.32 | ||
| Cadence (steps/min) | 101.4 ± 11 | 110 ± 9.3 | 103.4 ± 17.6 | ||