Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants included in the real-world analysis. The gait sequence (GS) information is based on the GSs detected by the reference system given per 2.5-hour recording. Gait duration is given as sum over all GSs in one 2.5-hour recording.
| Characteristics | Validation sample | Optimization sample | ||||||
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HAa | CHFb | COPDc | MSd | PDe | PFFf | HA | |
| Participants, n (%) | 17 (18.1) | 10 (10.6) | 17 (18.1) | 13 (13.8) | 15 (16) | 11 (11.7) | 11 (11.7) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 72.35 (6.00) | 68.60 (12.21) | 69.35 (9.10) | 47.23 (11.09) | 69.20 (7.48) | 79.70 (6.86) | 29.55 (7.76) | |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 167.00 (10.91) | 174.40 (10.27) | 168.97 (6.61) | 166.31 (9.11) | 172.73 (7.96) | 170.23 (9.07) | 174.64 (9.24) | |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 74.36 (12.53) | 83.75 (18.44) | 73.71 (14.22) | 80.09 (22.11) | 79.13 (16.27) | 70.59 (16.86) | 69.09 (11.35) | |
| Walking aid users, n (%) | 0 (0) | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 3 (23) | 1 (7) | 2 (18) | 0 (0) | |
| Walking aid types | —g | One cane or crutch: 2; rollator: 2 | — | One cane or crutch: 1; 2 crutches: 1; walker: 1 | Rollator: 1 | One cane or crutch: 2 | — | |
| MoCAh (0-30), mean (SD) | 28.18 (1.38) | 26.70 (3.06) | 24.65 (3.39) | 26.23 (3.49) | 23.93 (4.45) | 25.09 (4.46) | — | |
| Hoehn and Yahr stage, n | N/Ai | N/A | N/A | N/A | I: 3, II: 7, III: 5 | N/A | N/A | |
| MDS-UPDRS IIIj (0-132), mean (SD) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30.67 (13.33) | N/A | N/A | |
| EDSSk (0-6), mean (SD) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.85 (1.72) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| SPPBl (0-12), mean (SD) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.73 (3.10) | N/A | |
| CATm score (0-40), mean (SD) | N/A | N/A | 19.65 (8.95) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| FEV1n (L), mean (SD) | N/A | N/A | 1.58 (0.58) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 6MWTo distance (m), mean (SD) | N/A | 323.50 (171.46) | 357.65 (88.52) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Gait duration (minutes), median (IQR) | 27.2 (25.5-30.1) | 17.8 (9.9-29.7) | 17.2 (12.9-21.1) | 12.3 (9.4-18.3) | 13.9 (10.9-24.7) | 19.2 (13.0-24.8) | 39.2 (36.4-64.2) | |
| Number GS, median (IQR) | 66 (56-88) | 55 (21-71.8) | 71 (37-80) | 37 (18-45) | 31 (22-46) | 37 (30.5-51) | 36 (23-42.5) | |
aHA: healthy older adult.
bCHF: congestive heart failure.
cCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
dMS: multiple sclerosis.
ePD: Parkinson disease.
fPFF: proximal femoral fracture.
gNot available.
hMoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
iN/A: not applicable.
jMDS-UPDRS III: Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale Part III.
kEDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale.
lSPPB: short physical performance battery.
mCAT: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test.
nFEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second.
o6MWT: 6-minute walking test.