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Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Mar 2;92(4):646–652. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.10.039

Table 4.

Comparison of participants with positive and negative fall history^* on baseline neuromuscular and balance characteristics (mean (SD) or % of group)

	Positive fall history (n=34)	Negative fall history (N=25)	p-value
BMI (kg/m²)	29.3 (8.3)	26.9 (5.1)	0.22
Whole body % lean mass	60.7 (6.8)	63.4 (6.2)	0.12
Leg lean mass (kg)	15.0 (3.3)	14.4 (2.4)	0.46
Maximal leg press (kg)	86.0 (30.4)	78.6 (19.5)	0.30
Chair stand time (sec to complete 5 stands)	12.6 (3.0)	11.8 (3.3)	0.31
Stair climb power (kg·m/sec)	28.3 (6.7)	28.2 (7.0)	0.96
Stair ascent speed (m/sec)	.25 (.04)	.27 (.05)	0.09
Stair descent speed (m/sec)	.28 (.07)^*	.31 (.05)	0.07
Best fast walk (m/sec)	.43 (.07)	.48 (.07)	0.21
Average usual walk (m/sec)	.30 (.05)	.33 (.05)	0.21
SOT-somatosensory	94.6 (7.2)	95.6 (3.5)	0.52
SOT-visual	77.6 (19.1)	84.1 (8.5)	0.12
SOT-vestibular	41.4 (25.0)	57.3 (18.7)	0.01
SOT-preference	96.6 (23.6)	98.6 (11.5)	0.70

Number of falls reported over 12 months prior to baseline testing

Abbreviations: SOT: Sensory organization test