Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Table 3 Temporal gait parameters

From: The effect of backpack load on intersegmental motions of the foot and plantar pressure in individuals with mild flatfoot

	Study population
	CON (n = 10)	CON + 20 kg (n = 10)	MLA (n = 10)	MLA + 20 kg (n = 10)	P value^a	P value^b	P value^c	P value^d
Cadence, step/min	113.8 (5.3)	110.7 (5.7)	111.4 (5.2)	109.6 (6.0)	0.022	0.028	0.315	0.796
Speed, m/s	1.28 (0.10)	1.20 (0.08)	1.22 (0.09)	1.16 (0.08)	0.007	0.005	0.579	0.579
n Speed^e	0.74 (0.06)	0.69 (0.05)	0.70 (0.05)	0.67 (0.05)	0.007	0.009	0.353	0.393
Stride length, cm	134.8 (6.9)	130.4 (4.7)	131.4 (11.2)	128.0 (8.0)	0.028	0.013	0.280	0.436
n Stride length^e	77.4 (4.1)	74.8 (2.7)	74.9 (6.0)	73.1 (4.5)	0.028	0.047	0.280	0.393
Step width, cm	12.4 (1.9)	12.4 (2.2)	13.5 (1.8)	14.4 (2.1)	0.878	0.285	0.143	0.019
n Step width^e	7.1 (1.0)	7.1 (1.1)	7.7 (1.1)	8.2 (1.1)	0.878	0.285	0.218	0.011
Step time, s	0.53 (0.02)	0.54 (0.03)	0.54 (0.03)	0.55 (0.03)	0.022	0.028	0.315	0.796
Proportion of stance phase, %	62.0 (1.5)	63.8 (0.9)	62.4 (1.1)	63.9 (0.9)	0.005	0.005	0.739	1.000

Note: Data are presented as the mean value (standard deviation)
Abbreviation: CON Control group, MLA Mild low-arched group
^aWilcoxon signed rank test between the baseline and 20 kg backpack load state in CON group
^bWilcoxon signed rank test between the baseline and 20 kg backpack load state in MLA group
^cMann–Whitney U test between the CON and MLA group in baseline state
^dMann–Whitney U test between the CON and MLA group in 20 kg backpack load state
^eNormalized with the subject’s height (speed, stride length, and width divided by subject’s height)

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