Wearable inertial sensors are highly sensitive in the detection of gait disturbances and fatigue at early stages of multiple sclerosis

Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of the sample

	Comparison group	MS group 1 (EDSS 0.0–1.0)	MS group 2 (EDSS 1.5-2.0)	MS group 3 (EDSS 2.5-5.0)
Participants number	31	27	29	32
Female sex	22	20	23	21
Age [years]	34.6 ± 8.8	37.9 ± 10.4	38.3 ± 11.2	47.9 ± 9.7^a,b,c
Height [cm]	173.2 ± 8.6	172.0 ± 7.2	169.7 ± 7.0	171.5 ± 8.6
Weight [kg]	71.4 ± 11.5	76.4 ± 18.3	80.0 ± 19.3	79.3 ± 17.8
EDSS	NA	0.8 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.6
Type of MS
clinically isolated syndrome	NA	1	0	0
Relapsing-remitting	NA	26	29	26
Secondary progressive	NA	0	0	5
Primary progressive	NA	0	0	1

Values of age, height, weight and EDSS are expressed as mean ± SD. MS Multiple Sclerosis; EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale. Significant differences from healthy controls, MS group 1 and MS group 2 are indicated with ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’, respectively (p < 0.05)

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