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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Jun 10;98(10):1955–1961. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.05.006

Table 1. Physical, Mobility, Balance, Gait, and Muscle Function Characteristics of Study Participants.

All (n = 93) Men (n = 42) Women (n = 51)
Age (years) 73.9 ± 6.5 74.2 ± 6.9 73.7 ± 6.3
Height (m) 1.66 ± 0.09 1.7 ± 0.1 1.63 ± 0.08
Body mass (kg) 75.8 ± 14.9 80.8 ± 14.2 71.6 ± 14.3
ABC (%) 92.1 ± 10.0 95.4 ± 5.8* 89.3 ± 11.8*
TUG (second) 10.4 ± 2.5 (n = 53) 9.5 ± 1.7 (n =23) 10.9 ± 2.9 (n = 30)
BTL (2/3/4/5/6/7) 5/27/42/14/5/0 1/12/19/7/3/0 4/15/2 3/7/2/0
SS Gait Speed ((m/s)/m) 0.68 ± 0.12 0.68 ± 0.10 0.68 ± 0.14
HT Gait Speed ((m/s)/m) 0.60 ± 0.13 0.61 ± 0.13 0.60 ± 0.14
Walking with head forward
 Step length/body height 0.38 ± 0.05 0.39 ± 0.05 0.37 ± 0.05
 Step width/body height 0.38 ± 0.04 0.38 ± 0.04 0.37 ± 0.04
Walking with head turn
 Step length/body height 0.34 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.05
 Step width/body height 0.35 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.05
Hip Torque (Nm/kg/m) 0.007 ± 0.002 (n = 52) 0.008 ± 0.003 (n = 23) 0.007 ± 0.002 (n = 29)
Hip Power (Torque.rad/sec) 0.43 ± 0.17 (n = 52) 0.47 ± 0.19 (n =23) 0.41 ± 0.13 (n =29)
DiffSpeed 0.12 ± 0.12 0.11 ± 0.13 0.12 ± 0.11

Values are means ± SD

*

Different from All, p < 0.05

Different from Men, p < 0.01

Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC)

Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG)

Balance Tolerance Limit (BTL)

Self-Selected Gait Speed normalized to height (SS Gait Speed)

Head-Turn Gait Speed normalized to height (HT Gait Speed)

Difference between SS gait speed and HT gait speed normalized to SS Gait speed (DiffSpeed)