Table 1 Participant and measurement characteristics

Gender

 Male

44

 Female

33

Age in years

71.5 ± 12.8

Stroke type

 Ischemic

31

 Haemorrhagic

24

 Unknown

22

Stroke side

 Left

31

 Right

36

 Unknown

10

Barthel Index at admission (N = 73)

14.0 ± 4.6

Berg Balance Scale at admission (N = 72)

38.7 ± 15.2

FAC at admission

 With walking aid (N = 74)

2.6 ± 1.8

 Without walking aid (N = 73)

2.6 ± 1.8

Trunk control test at admission (N = 70)

94.1 ± 14.9

Modified ranking scale at admission (N =54)

3.3 ± 0.8

2MWT ( N = 198)^a

 Walking aid

  Yes

111

  No

87

Gait speed (m/s)

0.71 ± 0.29

Mean stride time [s]

1.3 ± 0.4

Mean stride length [m]

0.9 ± 0.2

Measures of walking ability in daily life ( N = 135)

 Average gait speed [m/s]

0.37 ± 0.08

 Maximum gait speed [m/s]

0.64 ± 0.15

 Number of strides

2338 ± 1683