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Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2007 Oct 22;27(4):683–688. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.09.001

Table 2.

Mean values (S.D.) for gait parameters under single and dual task conditions

Gait parameter	Single task				Dual task
Gait parameter	Walk 1		Walk 2		1-Back		Clock		Speech
Gait speed (m/s)	0.724	(0.373)	0.742	(0.395)	0.658^§	(0.343)	0.643^*	(0.379)	0.612^*	(0.356)
Stride time (s)	1.435	(0.471)	1.398	(0.397)	1.455	(0.508)	1.485^§	(0.484)	1.495^*	(0.463)
Stride time variability (s)	0.110	(0.071)	0.076	(0.052)	0.104	(0.084)	0.082	(0.051)	0.106	(0.072)
Average stride length (m)	1.037	(0.329)	1.065	(0.316)	0.951^*	(0.339)	0.958^§	(0.282)	0.918^*	(0.351)
Cadence (steps/min)	90.164	(20.894)	91.626	(18.517)	87.285^§	(21.129)	86.175^*	(21.007)	85.739^*	(19.414)

^*

p < 0.05 relative to walk 1 and walk 2.

^§

p < 0.05 relative to walk 2 only.