Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of spatio-temporal gait variables in fallers and non-fallers groups
| Gait variables | Faller | Non-faller | Statistical significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P-value | |||
| Temporal variables | |||||
| Gait velocity [cm/s] | 100.5 | (15.7) | 108.5 | (16.6) | 0.035 |
| Swing of cycle [%] | 36.6 | (1.9) | 37.7 | (1.6) | 0.013 |
| Stance of cycle [%] | 63.4 | (1.9) | 62.4 | (1.6) | 0.011 |
| Single support cycle [%] | 36.9 | (2.0) | 37.5 | (1.7) | 0.186 |
| Double support cycle [%] | 26.6 | (3.2) | 24.5 | (2.9) | 0.003 |
| Step time [s] | 0.55 | (0.06) | 0.53 | (0.06) | 0.325 |
| Variability of step time [s] | 0.04 | (0.04) | 0.02 | (0.02) | 0.015 |
| Spatial variables | |||||
| Step length [cm] | 54.2 | (7.2) | 57.3 | (7.3) | 0.040 |
| Variability of step length [cm] | 2.6 | (1.6) | 2.7 | (1.6) | 0.918 |
| Toe in/out angle | 8.0 | (6.3) | 6.5 | (6.9) | 0.051 |