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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Aug;54(8):1241–1244. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00808.x

Table 2.

A comparison of quantitative gait parameters (mean ± SD) during normal walking between older social dancers (OSD) and older non-dancers (OND). The gait parameters are for the right side.

Variable OSD OND P-value
Velocity, cm/sec 100.5 ± 18.7 87.2 ± 23.6 0.02
Cadence, steps/min 101.9 ± 12.9 99.9 ± 14.3 0.94
Step length, cm 58.6 ± 5.9 52.3 ± 10.2 0.01
Stride length, cm 117.8 ± 10.5 103.4 ± 20.2 0.008
Swing, % 36.1 ± 1.9 34.1 ± 2.9 0.01
Stance, % 63.9 ± 1.9 65.9 ± 2.9 0.01
Double support, % 27.9 ± 3.3 30.9 ± 5.0 0.03
Support base, cm 8.9 ± 3.1 10.6 ± 4.3 0.16