Table 3.
IPD | PPD | SPD | FOT | FCT | ||
Single Task | Elderly N = 16 | 0.77*** | 0.83*** | 0.47* | 0.88*** | 0.74*** |
Younger N = 22 | 0.86*** | 0.88*** | 0.41** | 0.91*** | 0.76*** | |
Pooled N = 38 | 0.86*** | 0.86*** | 0.48*** | 0.91*** | 0.79*** | |
Dual Task | Elderly N = 16 | 0.73*** | 0.62** | 0.42* | 0.85*** | 0.71*** |
Younger N = 22 | 0.84*** | 0.79*** | 0.54*** | 0.93*** | 0.85*** | |
Pooled N = 38 | 0.86*** | 0.74*** | 0.54*** | 0.92*** | 0.86*** |
Table 3 shows ICC(2,1) values and significance levels (in parenthesis) for intratester reliability (Rater 1 test #1 vs. Rater 1 test #2) for step execution parameters Initiation Phase Duration (IPD), Preparatory Phase Duration (PPD), Swing Phase Duration (SPD), Foot-Off Time (FOT) and Foot-Contact Time (FCT) under single and dual task conditions calculated separately for elderly subjects (N = 16), younger adult subjects (N = 22) and the pooled population of elderly and younger adult subjects (N = 38). An average of all six step trials (three forward and three backward) was used in the analysis.