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. 2020 Jan 24;13:1308. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01308

TABLE 2.

Spatiotemporal gait parameters.

Treadmill level
Treadmill downhill
Treadmill uphill
Condition Vision level Vision uphill Vision downhill Vision level Vision uphill Vision downhill Vision level Vision uphill Vision downhill




Parameter TLVL TLVU TLVD TDVL TDVU TDVD TUVL TUVU TUVD
Step length [m] 0.77 ± 0.11 0.79 ± 0.13 0.69 ± 0.12* + 0.71 ± 0.16 0.73 ± 0.17 0.76 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.11 0.69 ± 0.09 0.51 ± 0.15* +
Stride length [m] 1.51 ± 0.20 1.53 ± 0.24 1.36 ± 0.24* + 1.42 ± 0.31 1.46 ± 0.32 1.49 ± 0.33 1.24 ± 0.22 1.33 ± 0.18 0.96 ± 0.31* +
Stance duration [%] 0.64 ± 0.09 0.65 ± 0.11 0.69 ± 0.13 0.61 ± 0.12 0.55 ± 0.07 0.57 ± 0.08 0.76 ± 0.11 0.74 ± 0.08 0.98 ± 0.19* +
Cadence [1/min] 51.53 ± 6.88 53.5 ± 7.32 52.6 ± 7.90 56.14 ± 9.44 59.92 ± 6.76 55.71 ± 7.30+ 47.75 ± 7.05 43.75 ± 5.69 41.75 ± 6.94

Values appear as mean ± 1 SD. P < 0.05 in comparison with vision level. +P < 0.05 in comparison with vision uphill. Only significant comparisons between conditions with the same treadmill inclination are shown (e.g., right panel: TUVL, TUVU and TUVD; see Marginalization above).