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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2022 May 10;138:111130. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111130

Table 2.

Mean ± SE (95% CI) and coefficient of variation (CV) for spatiotemporal variables in older adults (OA), younger adults (YA), for pre-, during-, and post- transition phases for normal-slow (NS) and normal-fast (NF) conditions.

Normal Slow
Normal Fast
Variable Group Pre During Post Pre During Post
CoM Velocity (m/s) OA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 1.21 ± 0.04 ([1.13 1.29]) 1.05 ± 0.04 ([0.97 1.13])^ 0.8 ± 0.04 ([0.73 0.88])^ 1.23 ± 0.04 ([1.15 1.32]) 1.26 ± 0.05 ([1.17 1.36]) 1.65 ± 0.06 ([1.53 1.77])^
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.06 ± 0.01 ([0.05 0.06]) 0.11 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.12])^ 0.12 ± 0.01 ([0.1 0.15])^ 0.04 ± 0.01 ([0.03 0.05]) 0.06 ± 0.01 ([0.04 0.07]) 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.07 0.09])^
YA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 1.24 ± 0.05 ([1.13 1.34]) 1.05 ± 0.05 ([0.96 1.15])^ 0.84 ± 0.05 ([0.74 0.94])^ 1.21 ± 0.05 ([1.11 1.32]) 1.33 ± 0.06 ([1.22 1.45])^ 1.81 ± 0.07 ([1.66 1.95])^
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.05 ± 0.01 ([0.04 0.06]) 0.11 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.13])^ 0.1 ± 0.02 ([0.07 0.13])^ 0.04 ± 0.01 ([0.02 0.05]) 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.06 0.09])^ 0.07 ± 0.01 ([0.06 0.09])^
Step Length (m) OA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 0.67 ± 0.01 ([0.64 0.7]) 0.52 ± 0.01 ([0.49 0.54])^ 0.56 ± 0.02 ([0.53 0.6])^ 0.67 ± 0.01 ([0.64 0.7]) 0.52 ± 0.01 ([0.49 0.54])^ 0.72 ± 0.02 ([0.69 0.76])^
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.04 ± 0.01 ([0.01 0.06]) 0.05 ± 0.03 ([0.01 0.11]) 0.1 ± 0.02 ([0.05 0.14])^ 0.03 ± 0.01 ([0.02 0.04]) 0.05 ± 0.01 ([0.04 0.06])*^ 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.06 0.09])^
YA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 0.66 ± 0.02 ([0.62 0.7]) 0.5 ± 0.02 ([0.47 0.53])^ 0.54 ± 0.02 ([0.49 0.58])^ 0.66 ± 0.02 ([0.63 0.7]) 0.5 ± 0.02 ([0.47 0.54])^ 0.77 ± 0.02 ([0.73 0.81])^
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.06 ± 0.01 ([0.03 0.09]) 0.13 ± 0.04 ([0.05 0.21])^ 0.13 ± 0.03 ([0.07 0.19])^ 0.03 ± 0.01 ([0.02 0.04]) 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.06 0.09])*^ 0.07 ± 0.01 ([0.05 0.08])^
Step Width (m) OA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.07 0.1]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.11])^ 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.11])^ 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.07 0.1]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.11])^ 0.08 ± 0.01 ([0.07 0.1])
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.37 ± 0.03 ([0.31 0.43]) 0.21 ± 0.03 ([0.16 0.26])^ 0.25 ± 0.04 ([0.18 0.32])^ 0.39 ± 0.05 ([0.3 0.49])* 0.25 ± 0.02 ([0.21 0.29])*^ 0.46 ± 0.03 ([0.39 0.52])*^
YA Mean ± SE (95% CI) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.08 0.11]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.11]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.09 0.12]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.08 0.12]) 0.11 ± 0.01 (0.1 [0.13]) 0.1 ± 0.01 ([0.08 0.11])
CV ± SE (95% CI) 0.29 ± 0.04 ([0.22 0.36]) 0.19 ± 0.03 ([0.12 0.25]) 0.3 ± 0.04 ([0.21 0.39]) 0.23 ± 0.06 ([0.11 0.35])* 0.13 ± 0.02 ([0.08 0.17])* 0.3 ± 0.04 ([0.22 0.38])*
*

Indicates significant between-subjects difference (p < 0.05).

^

Indicates significantly different from within-subjects pre-transition values (p < 0.05).

Indicates significantly different from within-subjects post-transition values (p < 0.05).