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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: PM R. 2020 May 6;13(1):19–29. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12376

Table 2:

Demographics of Fallers vs Non-fallers

Demographic
Category
Fallers (n=30)
Mean ± SD
Non-fallers (n=39)
Mean ± SD
Difference, p value
Parent Study Group Assignment (n assigned to intervention group, %) 14 (46.7%) 21 (53.8%) x-squared = 0.350

p=0.554
Age (years) 63.7 ± 8.51 65.18 ± 8.65 1.48, p=0.480
Height (m) 1.80 ± 0.087 1.78 ± 0.11 0.02, p=0.282
Mass (kg) 94.4 ±19.92 95.5 ± 22.9 1.10, p=0.839
Level of amputation 26 TTA
1 TFA
1 TTA & TFA
2 bilateral TTA
38 TTA
1 KD§
x-squared = 6.18
p=0.186
Race 23 Caucasian
3 African American
3 American Indian/Alaska Native
1 unreported
29 Caucasian
6 African American
3 American Indian/Alaska Native
1 unreported
x-squared = 0.527

p=0.913
Time since amputation (weeks) 57.81 ±67.97 68.75 ± 72.06 10.94, p=0.521
Average timed up and go at baseline (seconds) 20.53 ± 15.56 18.34 ±10.64 2.19, p=0.513
Average two minute walk at baseline (feet traveled) 298.2 ± 111.5 313.9 ± 121.58 15.7, p=0.582
Average gait speed at baseline (meters/second) 0.825 ± 0.278 0.866 ± 0.308 0.041, p=0.565
Average step count at baseline (steps/day) 1582.3 ± 1393.6 1669.7 ± 1386.2 87.4, p=0.796

Transtibial Amputation

Transfemoral Amputation

§

Knee Disarticulation Amputation

SD = standard deviation