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. 2013 Oct 7;2013:859323. doi: 10.1155/2013/859323

Table 1.

Main effects and two-way interactions for spatiotemporal gait parameters.

Main effects Velocity (cm/s) Cadence (steps/min) Stride length (cm)
Mean ± SD F P η 2 Mean ± SD F P η 2 Mean ± SD F P η 2
Group
 MS 105.6 ± 37.5 10.8 0.00 0.37 109.1 ± 23.3 1.3 0.27 0.07 114.2 ± 25.2 19.9 <0.01 0.52
 Control 138.4 ± 18.4 115.9 ± 9.2 143.9 ± 18.0
Direction
 Forward 136.1 ± 23.8 36.0 <0.01 0.67 113.7 ± 12.1 0.4 0.56 0.02 143.3 ± 18.2 141.8 <0.01 0.89
 Backward 107.9 ± 36.4 111.3 ± 22.4 114.8 ± 25.7
Cognitive condition
 None 127.2 ± 32.7 25.5 <0.01 0.59 116.8 ± 15.1 14.5 <0.01 0.45 130.3 ± 27.8 3.2 0.09 0.15
 Dual 116.7 ± 34.3 108.2 ± 19.6 127.8 ± 25.2
Group × direction
 MS forward 125.5 ± 27.5 6.1 0.02 0.25 113.3 ± 15.8 1.9 0.18 0.10 132.1 ± 16.6 9.4 <0.01 0.34
 MS backward 85.7 ± 36.1 105.0 ± 28.8 96.2 ± 18.5
 Control forward 146.7 ± 13.1 114.2 ± 7.0 154.5 ± 11.9
 Control backward 130.0 ± 19.4 117.5 ± 10.9 133.3 ± 16.9
Group × cognitive condition
 MS none 113.5 ± 38.0 6.5 0.02 0.26 116.3 ± 20.1 6.3 0.02 0.26 115.8 ± 28.0 0.2 0.68 0.01
 MS dual 97.7 ± 36.3 101.9 ± 24.5 112.6 ± 22.5
 Control none 141.0 ± 18.6 117.3 ± 7.8 144.9 ± 18.8
 Control dual 135.8 ± 18.2 114.4 ± 10.4 142.9 ± 17.6
Direction × cognitive condition
 Forward none 143.2 ± 19.7 4.5 0.05 0.20 117.3 ± 9.0 1.6 0.22 0.08 146.8 ± 16.8 11.9 <0.01 0.40
 Forward dual 129.0 ± 25.9 110.2 ± 13.8 139.8 ± 19.3
 Backward none 111.3 ± 35.6 116.4 ± 19.6 113.9 ± 27.1
 Backward dual 104.5 ± 37.7 106.2 ± 24.3 115.7 ± 24.9

Note: bolded values represent statistically significant effects.