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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2013 Apr 26;38(4):757–763. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.03.022

Table 1. Demographic, Clinical, and Biomechanical Descriptions.

Mean (SD) or N (%)
N 717
Age 77.9 (5.3)
Sex (% Female) 458 (63.9%)
Race (% non-white) 154 (21.5%)
High school graduate 642 (89.5%)
Daily alcohol use 455 (62.8%)
Vision (≤ 20/50 Snellen) 61 (8.4%)
MMSE score 27.1 (2.6)
TMT-B (seconds) (n = 679) 141.2 (77.6)
slow gait (≤0.67 m/s) 83 (11.6%)
fast gait (>1.33 m/s) 41 (5.8%)
Depression (CES-D-R score) 50.5 (9.9)
Urinary Incontinence 293 (40.4%)
Neuropathy 77 (10.7%)
ADL Difficulty little 103 (14.3%) a lot 44 (6.1%)
Berg Balance Scale ≤45 90 (12.6%)
Fall history 262 (36.7%)
Dual Task Ability 441 (63%)
Height (m) 1.63 (0.10)
Weight (kg) 74.1 (19.7)
Moment of Inertia AP: 71.3 (20.4)
Ia (kg- m2) ML: 72.1 (20.6)

MMSE: Mini-mental status exam

TMT-B: time to complete Trailmaking Test Part B

CES-D-R: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale, Hopkins revision.

Ia: moment of inertia of the body about the ankle

*Leg press strength from 1 RM (maximum repetition) trial. Leg press data could not be collected from some participants due to various contraindications.

ADL: Activities of Daily Living

Fall history: self-report of any fall in the previous year Dual Task Ability: Ability to complete serial subtractions by 3