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Table 1 Results of the trials performed by one subject in controlled experimental conditions (the gait factors, namely step length, cadence, and width, varied from step to step: ΔL = 0.4 m, ΔC = 1step/s, ΔW = 0.2 m, respectively).

From: Assessment of level-walking aperiodicity

Gait Factor

J min (%)

ΔG (%J min )

ΔK (%J min )

ΔR (%J min )

ΔT (%J min )

ΔD (%J min )

None

10

81

10

1

5

3

Length

29

71

5

3

3

19

Cadence

21

13

61

1

5

20

Width

37

46

36

1

4

13

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