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Published in final edited form as: Aging Clin Exp Res. 2009 Dec;21(6):463–469. doi: 10.1007/bf03327442

Table 2.

Racial differences in Gait Mechanics

	Normal speed		Fast speed

	Black (n= 64)	White (n= 111)	Black (n= 64)	White (n= 111)
Velocity (m/s)	1.07 (0.19)	1.12 (0.19)	1.44 (0.28)	1.56 (0.30)^*
Stride Length (statures)	0.71 (0.09)	0.73 (0.11)	0.81 (0.12)	0.84 (0.13)
Stride Frequency (s⁻¹)	0.90 (0.09)	0.91 (0.08)	1.09 (014)	1.12 (0.11)
Support Time (%)	63.57 (2.92)	62.69 (3.67)	60.90 (4.38)	60.92 (3.93)
Knee Adduction Moment (NM/kg)	0.35 (0.18)	0.36 (0.20)	0.34 (0.18)	0.41 (0.22)
Knee range of Motion (degrees)	55.14 (8.49)^*	58.26 (8.12)	58.17 (8.31)	60.70 (8.64)
Peak vertical GRF (BW)	1.03 (0.07)	1.05 (0.08)	1.15 (0.13)	1.18 (0.13)
Loading Rate	0.067 (0.020)^*	0.089 (0.024)	0.14 (0.39)	0.15 (0.34)
Time to Peak (s)	0.27 (0.081)^*	0.19 (0.046)	0.14 (0.48)	0.14 (0.30)

All values listed as mean (SD), * Denotes a significant difference between blacks and whites, p<0.05