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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Brain Res. 2010 Oct 8;207(1-2):65–73. doi: 10.1007/s00221-010-2429-6

Table 2. Effects of dual task performance, instructed focus, and task difficulty on secondary spatiotemporal measures.

Usual-base walking Narrow-base walking


Single task Dual task Single task Dual task


Walking focus Cognitive focus Walking focus Cognitive focus
Stride length (m) 1.68 (0.15) 1.68 (0.15) 1.63 (0.15) 1.64 (0.17) 1.61 (0.15) 1.61 (0.16)
Cadence (steps/min) 134 (15) 135 (16) 132 (16) 129 (17) 130 (18) 130 (18)
Step width (cm) 14 (2) 14 (2) 14 (2) 7 (2) 7 (2) 8 (2)
Step width variability (%) 14.6 (4.7) 15.7 (6.0) 13.3 (4.5) 23.0 (8.3) 23.7 (9.5) 21.8 (9.4)
Stride time variability (%) 3.8 (2.7) 2.1 (0.7) 2.0 (0.5) 3.6 (1.6) 2.5 (1.2) 2.2 (0.6)

Values represent the mean (standard deviation)