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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2017 Jan 20;53:110–114. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.01.010

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics and Functional Measures (n = 56).

Mean ± SD
Age 85.4 ± 5.9
Sex (M/F) 13/43
Caucasian n (%) 54 (96.4%)
College educated n (%) 34 (60.7%)
Use of assisted device n (%) 22 (39.3%)
BMI (kg/m^2) 27.3 ± 4.2
SPPB 8.4 ± 2.5
BERG 46.6 ± 5.3
ABC 78.2 ± 17.4
TMT (s)
 TMT A 63.6 ± 40.5
 TMT B 146.8 ± 72.6
 ΔTMT 86.5 ± 52.1
NW Co-Contraction (%)
 Stride 55.2 ± 14.2
 Stance 57.1 ± 14.4
 Swing 50.5 ± 16.8
DT Co-Contraction (%)
 Stride 56.4 ± 13.4
 Stance 58.7 ± 13.9
 Swing 51.1 ± 16.5
Gait Speed (m/s)
 NW 0.95 ± 0.24
 DT 0.87 ± 0.21
Stride Time (s)
 NW 1.13 ± 0.12
 DT 1.20 ± 0.14
Stance Time (s)
 NW 0.65 ± 0.08
 DT 0.71 ± 0.10
Swing Time (s)
 NW 0.46 ± 0.04
 DT 0.48 ± 0.04

Note: BMI = Body Mass Index; SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery; BBS = Berg Balance Scale; ABC = Activities-specific Balance Confidence; TMT = Trail Making Test. NW = normal walking; DT = dual task walking.