Table 2.
Flexibility, stability, gait and aerobic capacity.
| Sex | N | Mean | SD | IQR | Shapiro-Wilk (P-value) | Min - Max | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexibility | Sit and reach test (cm)* | Women | 65 (0%) | 22.112 | 12.913 | 14.5 | 0.941 (0.004) | −8–44 |
| Men | 63 (0%) | 16.527 | 11.387 | 16.25 | 0.978 (0.324) | −9–41 | ||
| BST left (cm)° | Women | 65 (0%) | −3.485 | 6.476 | 6 | 0.938 (0.003) | −20.5–13 | |
| Men | 63 (0%) | −0.389 | 8.865 | 10 | 0.921 (<0.001) | −16–21 | ||
| BST right (cm)° | Women | 65 (0%) | −2.554 | 11.997 | 8 | 0.757 (<0.001) | −23.5–41.5 | |
| Men | 63 (0%) | −1.04 | 9.171 | 10.5 | 0.892 (<0.001) | −20–22 | ||
| Postural stability | TTW narrow stance open eyes° | Women | 65 (0%) | 74.015 | 32.27 | 37 | 0.896 (<0.001) | 27–208 |
| Men | 63 (0%) | 87.921 | 36.62 | 47 | 0.965 (0.074) | 25–192 | ||
| TTW narrow stance closed eyes° | Women | 65 (0%) | 110.338 | 64.05 | 73 | 0.892 (<0.001) | 32–329 | |
| Men | 63 (0%) | 141.127 | 82.46 | 98 | 0.857 (<0.001) | 19–536 | ||
| Gait symmetry | 3 km gait symmetry (Loading Peak Force SI) (%) ° | Women | 48 (26.2%)* | 0.021 | 1.263 | 2 | 0.869 (<0.001) | −5–2 |
| Men | 53 (15.9%)** | 0.283 | 1.199 | 1 | 0.912 (<0.001) | −3–3 | ||
| 5 km gait symmetry (Loading Peak Force SI) (%)° | Women | 48 (26.2%)* | −0.042 | 1.288 | 2 | 0.927 (0.005) | −3–4 | |
| Men | 52 (17.5%)** | 0.038 | 1.96 | 2 | 0.958 (0.062) | −4–6 | ||
| Aerobic capacity | VO2/kg (ml/min/ kg) | Women | 63 (3.1%)* | 43.537 | 12.148 | 10.45 | 0.916 (<0.001) | 8–71.6 |
| Men | 60 (4.8%)** | 54.395 | 9.722 | 10.825 | 0.97 (0.151) | 33.4–80.2 |
Note: °A lower score indicates better performance; * out of 65, ** out of 63; numbers in brackets represent the percentage of missing data.