Gait variables during normal locomotion and tandem gait in patients with cerebellar disease (CD) and healthy controls (HC)
| Normal gait | Tandem gait | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gait variables | CD | HC | CD | HC |
| Values are mean (SD) (n=12). | ||||
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, compared with healthy controls. | ||||
| Stance, Stance phase duration; swing, swing phase duration; DLS, duration of the double limb support phase; ROM, range of motion. | ||||
| Velocity (m/s) | 0.96 (0.31) | 1.11 (0.18) | 0.29 (0.8) | 0.27 (0.5) |
| Step length (cm) | 53.7 (16.1) | 56.3 (7.2) | 27.9 (5.5) | 25.3 (1.9) |
| Cadence (steps/min) | 106.4 (14.2)* | 119.1 (14.4) | 67.2 (10.8) | 69.7 (15.2) |
| Step width (mm) | 184 (69)** | 116 (43) | 48 (45)*** | 4 (13) |
| Step height (mm) | 170 (35) | 180 (17) | 106 (24) | 14 (50) |
| Foot angle (°) | 17 (4)* | 13 (3) | 11 (7) | 9 (4) |
| Stance (ms) | 745 (127)* | 638 (77) | 1403 (233) | 1408 (454) |
| Swing (ms) | 403 (51) | 383 (51) | 440 (70) | 468 (88) |
| DLS (ms) | 171 (61)* | 128 (23) | 605 (209) | 492 (224) |
| Hip ROM (°) | 26 (12) | 21 (2) | ||
| Knee ROM (°) | 50 (8) | 53 (3) | ||
| Ankle ROM (°) | 25 (5) | 19 (4) | ||
| Missteps/min | 8.2 (11.5)*** | 0.2 (0.4) | ||
| Ataxia ratio | 27.7 (10.6)*** | 12.7 (4.1) | ||