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. 2020 Sep 24;15:1753–1765. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S270407

Table 7.

Quintile of Gait Parameters for Women of Different Age Groups

Gait Parameters Percentile Overall (n=286) Age Group
21–30 (n=32) 31–40 (n=34) 41–50 (n=40) 51–60 (n=37) 61–65 (n=29) 66–70 (n=29) 71–75 (n=29) 76–80 (n=28) ≥81 (n=28)
GS (cm/s) 80 121.01 127.70 124.21 134.86 127.65 118.92 122.30 114.91 104.54 97.80
60 112.82 120.37 117.45 119.10 117.59 112.98 110.34 107.05 93.67 94.59
40 102.60 115.22 112.92 113.44 108.09 102.51 105.85 97.27 83.85 85.55
20 92.01 103.41 98.08 102.57 100.56 97.85 94.60 87.62 76.23 69.83
Height-adjusted GS (s−1) 80 0.77 0.79 0.78 0.87 0.82 0.76 0.79 0.72 0.70 0.68
60 0.72 0.76 0.74 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.73 0.70 0.61 0.63
40 0.66 0.72 0.70 0.73 0.69 0.66 0.67 0.65 0.56 0.57
20 0.60 0.64 0.63 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.64 0.57 0.50 0.47
Step length (cm) 80 60.93 65.41 62.62 63.75 63.19 61.33 58.33 58.06 54.06 51.26
60 57.55 60.89 60.39 59.30 59.06 57.79 55.03 55.04 49.98 46.84
40 54.29 57.98 58.64 56.66 56.30 55.83 53.48 51.61 48.07 44.50
20 50.27 55.01 55.85 54.30 53.16 52.42 51.91 46.54 40.60 41.77
Height-adjusted step length 80 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.35
60 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.32 0.32
40 0.35 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.32 0.30
20 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.31 0.28 0.28
Step width (cm) 80 62.00 66.27 63.68 64.59 64.03 62.14 58.93 58.95 55.62 52.64
60 58.57 62.35 61.11 60.52 59.92 58.92 55.93 55.77 51.18 48.86
40 55.23 59.07 59.79 57.59 57.73 56.72 54.84 52.32 49.84 47.02
20 51.40 55.87 56.70 55.14 53.94 53.99 52.80 48.80 42.04 43.64
Height-adjusted step width 80 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.41 0.40 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.36
60 0.37 0.39 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.34 0.33
40 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.32 0.31
20 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.32 0.29 0.29
Stride width (cm) 80 11.60 12.09 12.29 10.16 10.86 11.24 10.47 11.32 12.82 12.88
60 9.84 10.49 10.03 9.55 10.14 9.93 8.46 9.03 9.72 11.41
40 8.55 8.89 9.42 8.33 8.71 9.48 7.12 8.09 8.20 9.53
20 7.09 7.60 6.74 7.03 7.44 7.01 5.49 6.71 7.15 8.29
Feet external rotation (°) 80 9.54 5.71 6.07 7.56 10.30 9.72 9.36 9.60 12.23 11.70
60 6.03 2.13 4.73 5.93 8.10 7.40 5.13 7.87 9.45 7.88
40 3.34 −1.90 3.20 2.86 4.19 4.06 1.72 5.25 4.18 6.01
20 0.28 −4.10 0.80 −1.08 1.02 0.33 0.23 2.37 1.21 2.78
Stance time (%GC) 80 63.02 62.28 62.12 62.90 62.69 62.75 63.00 62.96 64.83 63.83
60 62.16 61.10 61.45 61.68 61.84 62.20 62.45 61.88 63.71 63.13
40 61.11 60.38 60.61 60.57 61.03 61.55 61.15 61.04 62.78 62.46
20 60.32 59.81 59.65 59.95 60.42 60.61 60.47 60.32 61.42 61.27
Single support time (s) 80 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.41 0.41 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.43
60 0.40 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.41
40 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.38 0.40 0.39 0.39
20 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.36
Double support time (s) 80 0.29 0.26 0.26 0.29 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.37 0.33
60 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.28
40 0.23 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.26 0.25
20 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.24
Cadence (steps/min) 80 123 123 120 129 123 122 126 122 121 124
60 118 118 118 123 117 118 122 117 115 115
40 114 113 113 116 115 114 117 113 110 112
20 107 107 108 109 110 104 106 107 102 100
Height-adjusted cadence 80 1538 1566 1528 1611 1564 1528 1552 1517 1493 1489
60 1471 1483 1474 1531 1471 1481 1504 1448 1400 1405
40 1417 1429 1434 1471 1437 1404 1449 1381 1339 1361
20 1342 1361 1346 1406 1387 1296 1321 1346 1253 1220

Abbreviations: Mean (SD), mean (standard deviation); cm/s, centimeter/second; stance time (%GC), percentage of stance time out of gait cycle; cm, centimeter; s, second; GS, gait speed.