Table 2.
Main Effects | Velocity (m/s) |
Stride Length (m) |
Swing Percent |
Stance Percent |
Cadence (steps/min) |
Base of Support (m) |
Functional Ambulation Profile |
Gait Asymmetry |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | Non-freezer: Freezer: |
0.8±0.4 0.7±0.4 |
0.98±0.36 0.86±0.35 |
32.6±4.2 30.0±5.4 |
67.4±4.2 70.2±5.7 |
100±22 97±29 |
0.14±0.06 0.16 ±0.07 |
74±20 66±20 |
7.2±12 9.8±1 |
Task | Simple: Dual: |
0.9 ±0.4 0.6±0.3 |
1.00±0.37 0.86±0.34 |
33.0±3.9 30.0±5.4 |
67.1±4.2 70.2±5.5 |
110±20 86±35 |
0.14±0.06 0.15±0.07 |
77±20 65±19 |
7.1±15 9.6±13 |
Direction | Forward: Backward: |
1.0±0.3 0.6±0.3 |
1.16±0.27 0.69±0.30 |
33.0±4.0 29.8±5.3 |
67.0±4.1 70.3±5.5 |
98±22 99±29 |
0.11±0.04 0.19±0.05 |
84±16 57±15 |
6.6±9 10±17 |
Group × Task | |||||||||
Non-Freezer simple | 1.0±0.4 | 1.05±0.338 | 33.8±3.6 | 66.3±3.5 | 110±18 | 0.14±0.06 | 79±20 | 6.5±13 | |
Freezer simple | 0.9±0.4 | 0.93±0.36 | 32.0±4.0 | 68.2±4.7 | 111±20 | 0.15±0.06 | 74±21 | 7.8±16 | |
Non-Freezer dual | 0.7±0.3 | 0.92±0.34 | 31.5±4.5 | 68.6±4.5 | 90±22 | 0.14±0.06 | 69±20 | 7.8±12 | |
Freezer dual | 0.5±0.2 | 0.78±0.33 | 27.9±5.8 | 72.2±6.0 | 82±27 | 0.17±0.07 | 59±16 | 12±14 | |
Direction × Task | |||||||||
Simple forward | 1.2±0.3 | 1.26±0.24 | 34.4±2.4 | 65.5±2.4 | 109±13 | 0.10±0.04 | 93±8.1 | 4.1±4.2 | |
Dual forward | 0.8±0.3 | 1.06±0.30 | 31.6±4.7 | 68.5±4.8 | 87±23 | 0.11±0.05 | 76±18 | 9.2±11 | |
Simple backward | 0.7±0.3 | 0.67±0.30 | 31.4±4.5 | 68.8±4.9 | 112±25 | 0.18±0.06 | 60±16 | 10±20 | |
Dual backward | 0.5±0.2 | 0.65±0.27 | 28.2±5.5 | 71.9±5.6 | 86±26 | 0.20±0.06 | 53±13 | 10±15 | |
Group × Direction | |||||||||
Non-Freezer forward | 1.0±0.3 | 1.22±0.32 | 34.2±2.9 | 65.8±2.9 | 100±17 | 0.10±0.04 | 88±14 | 4.9±5.1 | |
Freezer forward | 0.9±0.3 | 1.09±0.28 | 31.5±4.7 | 68.5±4.8 | 95±27 | 0.12±0.05 | 79±18 | 8.8±11 | |
Non-Freezer backward | 0.6±0.3 | 0.75±0.30 | 31.0±4.7 | 69.1±4.7 | 99±27 | 0.18±0.05 | 60±16 | 9.5±16 | |
Freezer backward | 0.5±0.3 | 0.62±0.26 | 28.4±5.5 | 71.9±6.1 | 99±31 | 0.20±0.06 | 53±19 | 11±19 |
Values are means ± SDs. Shaded boxes indicate significant results.