Table 2 Means of all the parameters and results of the Wilcoxon signed rank test between session 1 and 2

Time (stopwatch) (s)

12.62 (8.35)

12.93 (12.33)

0.26

0.48

7.61 (4.84)

7.95 (6.21)

−0.03

0.76

NA

NA

NA

NA

Step count (n steps)

20.22 (6.41)

20.00 (7.43)

0.00

0.53

16.47 (4.86)

16.80 (5.16)

0.00

0.17

NA

NA

NA

NA

Walking distance (m)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

414.93 (155.37)

408.78 (162.96)

0.00

0.69

Velocity (m/s)

0.97 (0.33)

1.02 (0.34)

−0.04

0.11

1.52 (0.49)

1.51 (0.52)

0.00

0.98

1.26 (0.42)

1.28 (0.47)

0.01

0.92

Normalized velocity (m/s)

1.26 (0.44)

1.34 (0.44)

−0.05

0.09

2.00 (0.74)

1.97 (0.67)

−0.01

0.93

1.66 (0.54)

1.66 (0.57)

0.01

1.00

Cadence (steps/min)

101.72 (20.17)

104.95 (20.65)

−2.13

0.70

133.44 (30.79)

133.83 (29.56)

−3.10

0.80

116.50 (24.04)

116.66 (25.80)

0.64

0.87

Extremity-step-ratio L

0.70 (0.17)

0.73 (0.18)

−0.02

0.06

0.87 (0.19)

0.86 (0.19)

0.03

0.46

0.82 (0.18)

0.82 (0.18)

0.00

0.92

Extremity-step-ratio R

0.75 (0.15)

0.76 (0.15)

−0.02

0.44

0.89 (0.18)

0.88 (0.19)

0.03

0.27

0.84 (0.15)

0.84 (0.16)

−0.01

0.98

Extremity-step-ratio MA

0.70 (0.17)

0.73 (0.18)

−0.02

0.05

0.87 (0.19)

0.87 (0.20)

0.01

0.83

0.82 (0.18)

0.82 (0.19)

0.00

0.79

Extremity-step-ratio LA

0.74 (0.15)

0.76 (0.15)

−0.01

0.55

0.89 (0.18)

0.86 (0.18)

0.04

0.09

0.83 (0.16)

0.83 (0.16)

−0.01

0.83

Double support L (% GC)

30.95 (10.15)

29.89 (10.63)

0.85

0.25

21.97 (7.38)

22.50 (9.19)

−0.50

0.70

26.52 (9.83)

27.13 (11.93)

−0.72

0.40

Double support R (% GC)

31.06 (9.98)

29.74 (10.73)

1.08

0.21

21.88 (7.52)

22.11 (9.08)

0.35

0.55

26.78 (10.46)

27.19 (12.03)

−0.25

0.55

Double support MA (% GC)

30.95 (10.16)

29.95 (10.70)

0.75

0.28

21.90 (7.34)

22.46 (9.22)

−0.20

0.67

26.58 (9.84)

26.99 (11.81)

−0.54

0.65

Double support LA (% GC)

31.06 (9.97)

29.68 (10.66)

1.15

0.18

21.95 (7.57)

22.15 (9.05)

0.60

0.53

26.72 (10.45)

27.33 (12.15)

−0.25

0.37

Step time L (s)

0.59 (0.12)

0.57 (0.11)

0.02

0.04

0.46 (0.09)

0.46 (0.12)

0.01

0.90

0.54 (0.15)

0.54 (0.17)

0.01

0.87

Step time R (s)

0.64 (0.24)

0.65 (0.31)

0.02

0.33

0.48 (0.14)

0.49 (0.17)

0.00

0.77

0.57 (0.23)

0.59 (0.33)

−0.01

0.67

Step time MA (s)

0.61 (0.12)

0.59 (0.11)

0.01

0.08

0.47 (0.09)

0.47 (0.11)

0.00

0.71

0.55 (0.14)

0.55 (0.16)

0.00

0.98

Step time LA (s)

0.63 (0.24)

0.63 (0.32)

0.02

0.27

0.48 (0.14)

0.48 (0.18)

0.00

0.80

0.56 (0.24)

0.58 (0.33)

−0.01

0.67

Step time symmetry (%)

12.21 (16.46)

12.48 (16.85)

0.41

0.89

8.91 (8.78)

9.34 (11.69)

0.92

0.81

10.08 (10.18)

9.62 (11.47)

0.29

0.20

Step length L (cm)

53.59 (14.51)

55.94 (15.13)

−1.42

0.06

66.65 (16.20)

65.09 (17.39)

1.30

0.42

61.69 (16.03)

62.92 (16.14)

−0.90

0.20

Step length R (cm)

57.47 (14.41)

58.91 (14.28)

−1.17

0.39

68.66 (16.70)

67.78 (17.92)

2.57

0.45

62.14 (15.42)

64.38 (15.23)

−1.06

0.06

Step length MA (cm)

53.94 (14.52)

56.46 (15.19)

−1.81

0.04

67.06 (16.99)

66.13 (18.36)

0.09

0.61

61.91 (16.08)

63.17 (16.22)

−0.57

0.15

Step length LA (cm)

57.12 (14.49)

58.39 (14.30)

−0.92

0.54

68.25 (15.93)

66.74 (17.02)

3.18

0.22

61.92 (15.37)

64.12 (15.16)

−1.24

0.07

Step length symmetry (%)

12.67 (17.52)

11.42 (19.56)

0.79

0.35

8.93 (8.65)

10.33 (10.56)

−0.20

0.52

10.10 (14.86)

9.15 (12.67)

0.71

0.26