Effectiveness of additional trunk exercises on gait performance: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Outline of the outcome measures

Outcome measure	Domain	Tool	Baseline	Post	Follow-up
Eligibility assessment
FAC	Gait	Clinical	X
Primary outcome measure
Tinetti Test	Gait	Clinical	X	X	X
Secondary outcome measures
% stance, % swing	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
% SS, % DS	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Stride time	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Stride length	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Step time	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Step length	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Step width	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Walking speed	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
Cadence	Gait	Biomechanical, spatiotemporal	X	X	X
ROM trunk	Gait	Biomechanical, kinematics	X	X	X
Displacements trunk	Gait	Biomechanical, kinematics	X	X	X
Displacements COM	Gait	Biomechanical, kinematics	X	X	X
Normalized integrated linear envelope of the EMG signal	Gait	Biomechanical, EMG	X	X	X
Tertiary outcome measures
TIS	Trunk	Clinical	X	X	X
Barthel Index	ADL	Clinical	X	X	X

FAC Functional Ambulation Categories, SS single support, DS double support, ROM range of motion, COM center of mass, EMG electromyography, TIS Trunk Impairment Scale, ADL activities of daily living

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