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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Reliability of timed walking tests and temporo-spatial gait parameters in youths with neurological gait disorders

Sex

9 girls, 21 boys

 

Mean (SD) age, years

13.0 (3.6)

 

Mean (SD) weight, kg

44.9 (16.9)

 

Mean (SD) height, cm

151.2 (18.3)

 

Values of MMT (Maximum: 45 points/leg)

Points

 

Mean (SD) sum score

  

 Left leg

33.9 (8.5)

 

 Right leg

33.7 (8.4)

 

 More affected leg

32.4 (8.2)

 

 Less affected leg

35.2 (8.4)

 

Diagnoses

Participants

Time since injury/diagnosis/surgery

n

Mean (min-max), days

Cerebral palsy

10

 

 GMFCS level II:

3

 

 GMFCS level III:

2

 

 Missing GMFCS level:

5

 

 Postsurgery: osteotomy of the femur (right side)

1

132

 Postsurgery: selective dorsal rhizotomy

1

102

 Postsurgery: shortening of ligamenta patellae (both sides)

1

96

 Postsurgery: osteotomy of the femur (right side)/tendon lengthening and shortening

1

82/63

Stroke

6

177 (43–305); one congenital

Traumatic brain injury

6

105 (40–309)

Demyelination of CNS

2

54; one congenital

Astrocytome

2

90 (76–103)

Postinfectuous encephalopathy

1

299

Medulla blastoma

1

1351

Transverse myelopathy

1

74

Ataxia, unclear aetiology

1

Congenital

Walking ability

Participants

 

n

Independent walker

23

 

Walking aids:

  

 Walker

4

 

 Crutches

2

 

 4 point crutches

1

 

Orthoses:

  

 Ankle-foot orthoses

8

 

 Insoles

3

 

 Foot lifter splint (one side)

1

 
  1. MMT manual muscle test (values 0 to 5 points where 0 is no activation at all and 5 maximal force against resistance. Nine muscles of each leg were tested, therefore the maximum sum-score is 45 points per leg), GMFCS Gross Motor Function Classification System, CNS central nervous system