Table 3.
Functional performance and fitness tests.
| Test (unit) | number able to perform test (%) | median (10TH – 90TH percentile) |
number able to perform test (%) | median (10TH – 90TH percentile) | p-value † (test for difference between male and female subjects) |
| male subjects (n = 42) | female subjects (n = 184) | ||||
| functional tests | |||||
| chair rise performance (s) | 32 (76.2) | 24,4 (15,3 – 63,6) | 158 (85.9) | 23,1 (16,0 – 63,6) | .80 |
| put on a coat (s) | 39 (92.9) | 20,1 (11,2 – 50,1) | 172 (93.5) | 17,6 (11,0 – 43,3) | .33 |
| pick up a pen (s) | 36 (85.7) | 3,3 (1,9 – 18,4) | 163 (88.6) | 3,3 (2,0 – 18,4) | .61 |
| walking velocity (m/s) | 36 (85.7) | 1,2 (,0 – 1,6) | 163 (88.6) | 1,0 (,0 – 1,4) | .13 |
| fitness tests | |||||
| STRENGTH | |||||
| knee extension (N/m) | 41 (97.6) | 113,5 (57,6 – 185,5) | 180 (97.8) | 69,0 (31,5 – 133,0) | .00 |
| elbow extension (N/m) | 41 (97.6) | 128,0 (63,2 – 193,3) | 181 (98.4) | 78,0 (45,6 – 142,0) | .00 |
| ankle dorsiflexion (N/m) | 41 (97.6) | 89,0 (42,0 – 152,6) | 184 (100) | 77,0 (47,5 – 141,0) | .20 |
| COORDINATION | |||||
| reaction time (s) | 42 (100) | 246,0 (203,6 – 334,0) | 182 (98.9) | 262,5 (209,0 – 376,5) | .08 |
| eye-hand-coordination (s) | 42 (100) | 64,6 (50,3 – 88,7) | 180 (97.8) | 61,5 (50,5 – 89,9) | .49 |
| tandem stance (s) | 35 (83.3) | 8,6 (,0 – 30,0) | 137 (74.5) | 6,1 (,0 – 30,0) | .08 |
| one leg stance (s) | 34 (81.0) | 2,9 (,0 – 16,9) | 132 (71.7) | 2,6 (,0 – 17,9) | .40 |
| FLEXIBILITY | |||||
| sit and reach (cm) | 30 (71.4) | 11,3 (,0 – 27,6) | 152 (82.6) | 18,5 (,0 – 31,3) | .00 |
| shoulder circumduction (cm) | 35 (83.3) | 51,3 (44,3 – 54,6) | 141 (76.6) | 52,4 (44,3 – 56,7) | .06 |
† = Difference between groups tested with Mann-Whitney U test.