An exploration of impaired walking dynamics and fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

BMC Neurology

Table 3 Mean walking speed, derived linear and quadratic trend components of walking dynamics

	Controls (n = 25)		Mild MS (n = 19)		Statistic		Severe MS (n = 18)		Statistic
	M	SD	M	SD	T	p	M	SD	T	p
6MW
Mean speed m/min	113.44	14.59	97.71	12.20	3.80	0.000***	70.41	11.49	10.40	0.000***
Linear trend	-0.42	0.55	-0.37	0.35	-0.33	0.745	-1.00	0.78	2.87	0.006**
Quadratic trend	0.52	0.22	0.32	0.23	2.90	0.006**	0.19	0.26	4.50	0.000***
12MW
Mean speed m/min	108.75	13.10	12.37	12.37	3.31	0.002**	66.01	11.16	11.21	0.000***
Linear trend	-0.00	0.25	-0.22	0.33	2.52	0.016*	-0.73	0.51	5.63	0.000***
Quadratic trend	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.983	0.03	0.03	1.68	0.100

Comparisons performed between groups of Mild MS patients and healthy controls, as well as Severe MS Patients and healthy controls.
*p-value < 0.05 ** p-value < 0.01 *** p-value < 0.001.

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