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

Table 4

Comparison of the groups’ percentage changes at baseline/week 12 intervals of the study.

Variables	OBG ()	NWG ()		value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
	(%)	(%)
WS	22.67 ± 13.19	4.33 ± 2.67	7.218	<0.001
CD	14.26 ± 7.73	2.27 ± 1.70	8.026	<0.001
SL	11.59 ± 3.51	0.00 ± 0.00	17.46	<0.001
SW	14.81 ± 8.44	2.24 ± 1.66	7.733	<0.001
SLT	32.54 ± 14.19	2.54 ± 4.01	10.788	<0.001

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.