Research Article

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

Table 5

Number of segmental microadjustments during the three rockers and swing phase.

No. of microadjustmentsTTULMLCCLDMT2HLXSE value
MeanMeanMeanMeanMean

1st rocker (#)1.081.001.000.330.170.200.003
2nd rocker (#)2.174.833.836.333.000.740.004
3rd rocker (#)0.170.170.173.505.170.34< 0.001
Swing phase (#)2.501.002.501.501.670.19< 0.001

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