Gait and Strength Data from a Pediatric Toe Walking Clinical Trial

Vanessa De Oliveira provides raw and imputed data from a randomized controlled trial evaluating plantar flexor strengthening in children with idiopathic toe walking. The dataset includes spatiotemporal gait parameters, ankle dorsiflexion, strength, balance, coordination, quality of life, and parent-reported toe walking frequency. It was last updated in May 2026 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the effect of strength training on spatiotemporal gait parameters.
• Analyze correlations between ankle dorsiflexion, balance, and toe walking frequency.
• Model changes in patient-reported quality of life following a clinical intervention.
• Compare raw and imputed (missForest) data handling methods for clinical trial data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a randomized controlled trial, a gold-standard study design.
• Includes both raw and imputed data versions, processed using the missForest algorithm.
• Covers multiple assessment domains: gait, strength, balance, coordination, and quality of life.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 250.5 KB, indicating a limited scope and sample size.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Vanessa De Oliveira

Collection Method

Collected from a randomized controlled trial.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 19:45:24