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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Dec;92(12):2006–2011. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.193

Table 2.

Mean value for stair ascent and descent time by age groups.

Stair
Negotiation
Time (sec)
Men Women Overall
(n=513)


70–74
(n=26)
75–79
(n=59)
80–84
(n=68)
≥85
(n=51)
Total
(n=204)
70–74
(n=53)
75–79
(n=101)
80–84
(n=91)
≥85
(n=64)
Total
(n=309)


Ascent 2.09±0.66 2.48±1.11 2.60±1.19 2.83±1.80 2.56±1.31 2.91±1.64 2.83±1.63 2.83±1.57 3.22±1.45 2.92±1.58 2.78±1.49
Descent 1.98±0.81 2.29±0.90 2.60±1.25 2.74±1.64 2.47±1.25 2.75±1.61 3.0±1.86 2.93±1.68 3.69±1.81 3.08±1.78 2.83±1.61

Values expressed as mean±SD.