TABLE 2.
Treadmill level |
Treadmill downhill |
Treadmill uphill |
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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).