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

Table 5

Repeated measures ANOVA and paired -test post hoc multiple comparison of obese group participants across the 4 time points of the study.

Parameter	Baseline	Week 4	Week 8	Week 12		value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
WS (m/s)	1.09 ± 0.17	1.21 ± 0.26	1.28 ± 0.31	1.35 ± 0.32	44.84	<0.001
CD (stp/s)	14.47 ± 0.97	13.93 ± 0.83	13.13 ± 0.86	12.77 ± 0.63	138.99	<0.001
SL (cm)	58.69 ± 7.42	62.67 ± 8.23	65.34 ± 8.38	66.83 ± 7.82	87.19	<0.001
SW (cm)	13.67 ± 4.15	11.79 ± 3.19	10.27 ± 2.53	8.81 ± 1.81	54.26	<0.001
SLT (cm)	117.35 ± 14.86	125.63 ± 16.6	129.55 ± 16.95	134.33 ± 16.68	42.83	<0.001

indicates significant difference at alpha = 0.05.
Superscripts (a, b, c, and d) represent post hoc analysis.
For a particular variable, mean values with different superscripts are significantly () different. Mean values with same superscript are not significantly () different. The pair of cell means that is significant has different superscripts.
WS = walking speed; CD = cadence; SL = step length.
SW = step width; SLT = stride length.
SD = standard deviation.