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. 2015 Dec 17;10(12):e0144986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144986

Table 3. Experiment #1 spatiotemporal gait parameter effects and interactions.

Conditions Effects (p values)
No Dual-Task Dual-Task
No Visual Cues Visual Cues No Visual Cues Visual Cues Group DT Group*DT VC Group* VC Trial Group* Trial DT* VC Group* DT*VC DT* Trial Group* DT*Trial VC* Trial Group* VC* Trial DT* VC* Trials Group* DT* VC*Trial UPDRS
Step Length (cm) ANOVA 0.0014 <0.0001 0.061 0.0007 0.0026 0.0091 0.337 <0.0001 0.717 0.538 0.256 0.0035 0.203 0.623 0.883
ANCOVA 0.128 0.214 0.272 0.187 0.0103 0.385 0.318 0.364 0.578 0.251 0.713 0.54 0.828 0.951 0.952 0.081
Freezers 49.23 (13.25) 54.66 (15.12) 41.35 (14.04) 49.31 (18.55)
non-Freezers 65.58 (8.57) 63.46 (6.15) 61.04 (7.48) 64.42 (2.90)
Step Length Variability (CV) ANOVA 0.0231 0.0003 0.0153 0.112 0.435 0.718 0.51 0.542 0.935 0.342 0.977 0.713 0.578 0.089 0.625
ANCOVA 0.384 0.3 0.061 0.194 0.234 0.33 0.971 0.245 0.459 0.043 0.192 0.224 0.852 0.657 0.62 0.132
Freezers 12.62 (9.86) 13.77 (15.69) 17.75 (13.40) 15.04 (13.66)
non-Freezers 6.00 (3.61) 5.47 (3.23) 6.32 (2.91) 5.48 (2.97)
Step Time (sec.) ANOVA 0.08 0.92 0.661 <0.0001 0.0139 <0.0001 0.0352 0.0292 0.469 0.0019 0.804 <0.0001 0.103 <0.0001 0.547
ANCOVA 0.256 0.418 0.39 0.0441 0.0333 0.0001 0.034 0.343 0.417 0.246 0.777 0.0434 0.262 0.281 0.941 0.785
Freezers 0.57 (0.09) 0.68 (0.19) 0.56 (0.09) 0.64 (0.14)
non-Freezers 0.55 (0.05) 0.58 (0.06) 0.55 (0.05) 0.58 (0.06)
Step Time Variability (CV) ANOVA 0.0122 0.988 0.17 0.0026 0.746 0.005 0.33 0.0016 0.848 0.0227 0.235 0.76 0.355 0.346 0.474
ANCOVA 0.154 0.885 0.356 0.527 0.889 0.922 0.782 0.272 0.738 0.587 0.313 0.825 0.664 0.446 0.851 0.424
Freezers 7.54 (8.31) 10.77 (7.28) 8.55 (5.51) 9.46 (5.77)
non-Freezers 4.49 (4.56) 5.74 (1.99) 4.89 (2.29) 5.42 (1.62)
Double Support Time Percentage (%) ANOVA 0.326 <0.0001 0.582 0.0001 0.0299 0.0451 0.497 0.0001 0.76 0.077 0.2 0.128 0.628 0.735 0.969
ANCOVA 0.367 0.225 0.657 0.104 0.0432 0.285 0.214 0.887 0.393 0.21 0.134 0.516 0.838 0.772 0.828 0.0132
Freezers 36.65 (8.43) 35.46 (10.35) 41.22 (10.54) 37.72 (11.92)
non-Freezers 31.60 (4.81) 31.96 (4.66) 33.86 (4.46) 31.67 (3.71)
DST% Variability (CV) ANOVA 0.0024 0.0187 0.321 0.336 0.646 0.204 0.524 0.0471 0.017 0.416 0.254 0.997 0.794 0.779 0.852
ANCOVA 0.0118 0.327 0.317 0.488 0.506 0.539 0.812 0.039 0.0048 0.769 0.336 0.818 0.75 0.152 0.384 0.606
Freezers 7.03 (4.04) 10.11 (9.17) 8.92 (5.72) 8.27 (6.47)
non-Freezers 5.07 (2.62) 4.96 (3.82) 4.24 (1.74) 4.65 (3.00)
Velocity (cm/sec) ANOVA 0.0004 <0.0001 0.154 0.274 0.0142 <0.0001 0.596 <0.0001 0.815 0.0054 0.31 0.605 0.708 0.0007 0.904
ANCOVA 0.07 0.983 0.867 0.965 0.0467 0.0016 0.173 0.0487 0.9968 0.0064 0.657 0.269 0.941 0.403 0.957 0.069
Freezers 88.26 (26.52) 84.02 (29.12) 74.83 (26.50) 78.26 (29.27)
non-Freezers 119.90 (20.43) 109.51 (16.02) 111.16 (17.19) 112.43 (12.39)

DT, Dual-Task; VC, Visual Cues; UPDRS-III, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-III; DST%, Double Support Time Percentage

* illustrates interactions between groups, conditions, and trials (referring to the statistical comparisons between subsequent trials to evaluate whether completing each condition three times influences behaviours found).