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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2020 May 15;79:239–243. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.05.002

Table 1:

Gait Variables during straight and turn phases at baseline assessment for those who did and did not have an incident fall (n=253)

Fallers (n=128) Non-fallers (n=125) p-value
Variable Mean Std. Deviation Mean Std. Deviation
Stride Length (cm) Straight 101.01 19.21 102.62 18.55 0.497
Turn 74.24  17.95 75.29  18.09 0.645
Stride Length Variability (CV) Straight 6.37  3.12 6.29  3.05 0.860
Turn 32.07  7.01 31.63  7.69 0.638
Stride Velocity (cm/s) Straight 82.27  21.67 84.32  19.47 0.420
Turn 57.19  17.02 58.44  15.49 0.540
Swing Percent Straight 32.08  2.76 32.74  2.44 0.047*
Turn 29.70   3.69 30.50   3.24 0.067
Swing Time Variability Straight 7.47    4.52 7.09    3.98 0.484
Turn 13.95   7.40 13.00   6.02 0.483
Double Support Percent Straight 35.79   5.55 34.43   4.94 0.041*
Turn 40.59   7.43 38.98   6.38 0.066