Research Article

Ankle-Injury Patients Perform More Microadjustments during Walking: Evidence from Velocity Profiles in Gait Analysis

Table 4

Velocity measurements in the 2nd rocker phase.

MarkerParameter in 2nd rockerPatient (, gait cycle #)Control (, gait cycle #) value

TTUNo. of valleys (#)<0.001
No. of peaks (#)<0.001
Velocity (mm/10−2s)<0.001

LMLNo. of valleys (#)0.007
No. of peaks (#)0.004
Velocity (mm/10−2s)<0.001

CCLNo. of valleys (#)0.106
No. of peaks (#)0.040
Velocity (mm/10−2s)0.404

DMT2No. of valleys (#)0.041
No. of peaks (#)0.005
Velocity (mm/10−2s)<0.001

HLXNo. of valleys (#)0.372
No. of peaks (#)0.740
Velocity (mm/10−2s)<0.001

Notes: TTU: tibial tuberosity; LML: lateral malleolus; CCL: dorsal calcaneus; DMT2: distal 2nd metatarsal; HLX: hallux.