From: Unloading shoes for intermittent claudication: a randomised crossover trial
Variable | Control Shoes A | Unloading shoes B | Mean differencea (95% CI) |
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Walking speed (m/s) | 1.16 (0.26) | 1.17 (0.26) | −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.01) |
Step length (m) | 0.63 (0.11) | 0.63 (0.11) | −0.01 (−0.02 to 0.01) |
Step cadence (steps/min) | 110.0 (11.5) | 109.7 (12.1) | 0.4 (−0.9 to 1.6) |
Stance phase (%) | 64.2 (2.3) | 63.9 (2.3) | 0.3 (−0.1 to 0.7) |
Swing phase (%) | 35.7 (2.4) | 36.0 (2.5) | −0.3 (−0.8 to 0.2) |
Double support (%) | 28.5 (4.5) | 28.1 (4.0) | 0.3 (−0.3 to 1.0) |
Ankle range of motion (°) | 24.4 (3.6) | 23.6 (3.4) | 0.8 (−0.5 to 2.2) |
Peak plantarflexion angle (°) | 14.8 (3.2) | 12.3 (2.9) | 2.5 (1.3 to 3.7) |
Peak plantarflexion moment (Nm/kg) | 1.4 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.0 to 0.3) |
Peak ankle power generation (W/kg) | 2.3 (0.8) | 1.7 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.0) |