Effects of a Twelve-Week Weight Reduction Exercise Programme on Selected Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters of Obese Individuals

Table 2

Independent -test comparison of obese and normal weight groups’ walking speed and cadence at baseline week 4, week 8, and week 12 of the study.

Parameters	Time frame	Obese group (OAG) ()	Normal weight (NWAG) ()	value
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
WS (m/s)	Week 0	1.09 ± 0.17	1.29 ± 0.17	<0.001
	Week 4	1.21 ± 0.26	1.29 ± 0.17	0.163
	Week 8	1.28 ± 0.31	1.35 ± 0.19	0.229
	Week 12	1.35 ± 0.32	1.35 ± 0.19	0.989
CD (steps/sec)	Week 0	14.47 ± 0.97	12.82 ± 0.39	<0.001
	Week 4	13.93 ± 0.83	12.82 ± 0.39	<0.001
	Week 8	13.13 ± 0.86	12.82 ± 0.39	<0.001
	Week 12	12.77 ± 0.63	12.82 ± 0.39	0.084
StpL	Week 0	58.68 ± 7.42	66.42 ± 6.51	<0.001
	Week 4	62.67 ± 8.23	66.42 ± 6.51	0.061
	Week 8	65.34 ± 8.38	67.91 ± 6.53	0.200
	Week 12	66.83 ± 7.81	67.91 ± 6.53	0.573
StpW	Week 0	13.67 ± 4.15	9.79 ± 1.78	<0.001
	Week 4	11.79 ± 3.19	9.79 ± 1.78	0.005
	Week 8	10.27 ± 2.53	9.55 ± 1.80	0.218
	Week 12	8.81 ± 1.81	9.55 ± 1.80	0.125
StrdL	Week 0	117 ± 14.86	133 ± 13.02	<0.001
	Week 4	126 ± 16.67	133 ± 13.02	0.073
	Week 8	130 ± 16.93	136 ± 13.09	0.073
	Week 12	134 ± 16.68	136 ± 13.10	0.716

indicates significant between group difference at alpha = 0.05.
WS = walking speed; CD = cadence; SL = step length.
SW = step width; SLT = stride length.
SD = standard deviation.