. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2020 Apr 30;137:110966. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.110966

Table 1.

Subject characteristics (mean (SD)) with effect size calculation using Cohen’s d. Older adults did not exhibit significantly different tendon moment arms (presented at 0 degrees ankle angle) but did exhibit significantly larger tendon cross-sections than young adults.

	Young	Older	Cohen’s d	p-value
Mass (kg)	73.96 (15.19)	71.90 (12.21)	0.15	-
Height (m)	1.77 (0.11)	1.75 (0.06)	0.21	-
Preferred speed (m/s)	1.37 (0.14)	1.38 (0.15)	0.04	-
CSA (mm²)	60.13 (10.52)	70.50 (9.73)	1.02	0.01
Moment Arm (mm)	43.68 (4.49)	43.59 (5.71)	0.02	0.96