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Table 2 Correlations between manual muscle testing results, with gait parameters and functional tests conducted at the baseline visit. Significant correlations are marked in bold

From: Toward digitally supported self-assessment of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

 

Correlation coefficient [95% CI]

p-value

Gait parameters

Walking speed (meters/seconds)

0.545

[0.20; 0.77]

0.004

Walking cadence (steps/minute)

0.143

[-0.26; 0.50]

0.485

Stride length (meters)

0.580

[0.25; 0.79]

0.002

Left knee ROM at terminal stance (°)

-0.072

[-0.45; 0.33]

0.732

Right knee ROM at terminal stance (°)

0.320

[-0.08; 0.63]

0.111

Left hip ROM in stance phase (°)

0.102

[-0.30; 0.47]

0.619

Right hip ROM in the stance phase (°)

-0.205

[-0.55; 0.20]

0.315

Functional tests

Mingazzini (seconds)

0.762

[0.39; 0.92]

0.002

60 s sit to stand (repetitions)

0.638

[0.19; 0.87]

0.011

Modified barré (seconds)

0.456

[0.09; 0.71]

0.017

  1. ROM = range of motion