Table 2.

Factor loading of quantitative variables on three independent gait factors^#.

Gait variable	Pace	Rhythm	Variability
Velocity (cm/s)	0.876	−0.409	−0.106
Stride length (cm)	0.938	0.080	−0.076
Double support %	−0.897	0.076	0.139
Swing time (s)	0.267	0.933	0.032
Cadence (steps/min)	0.346	−0.919	−0.100
Stance time (s)	−0.560	0.783	0.113
Stride length variability (SD)	−0.052	0.017	0.950
Swing time variability (SD)	−0.472	0.245	0.494
Variance explained %	39.78	32.09	15.08

^#Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

Bold values indicate loadings.