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Table 1 Mean and standard deviations (SD) of estimates based on treadmill, overall daily-life, and speed-matched daily-life gait, Wilcoxon’s signed rank test p-values and correlation coefficient r (p-value) between treadmill and daily-life settings

From: Fall-related gait characteristics on the treadmill and in daily life

Gait characteristic

Treadmill mean (SD)

Daily-life mean (SD)

Speed-matched daily-life mean (SD)

Systematic difference p-value

Syst. diff. p-value (speed-matched)

correlation r (p)

correlation r (p) (speed-matched)

Stride Time (s)

1.09 (0.07)

1.15 (0.11)

1.12 (0.09)

0.009

0.019

0.58 (0.006)

0.80 (<0.001)

Stride Time Variability (s)

0.02 (0.00)

0.07 (0.04)

0.03 (0.01)

<0.001

<0.001

0.09 (0.362)

–0.08 (0.624)

Stride Regularity VT

0.85 (0.07)

0.55 (0.18)

0.68 (0.12)

<0.001

<0.001

0.62 (0.003)

0.26 (0.153)

Stride Regularity ML

0.69 (0.09)

0.40 (0.14)

0.42 (0.12)

<0.001

<0.001

0.56 (0.008)

0.44 (0.033)

Stride Regularity AP

0.78 (0.07)

0.48 (0.16)

0.55 (0.15)

<0.001

<0.001

0.48 (0.021)

0.27 (0.143)

RMS Acceleration VT (ms-2)

2.32 (0.41)

2.24 (0.82)

2.42 (0.43)

0.640

0.140

0.45 (0.032)

0.80 (<0.001)

RMS Acceleration ML (ms-2)

1.49 (0.26)

1.31 (0.27)

1.34 (0.21)

0.027

0.030

0.26 (0.146)

0.38 (0.062)

RMS Acceleration AP (ms-2)

1.45 (0.28)

1.46 (0.36)

1.57 (0.25)

0.829

<0.001

0.73 (<0.001)

0.88 (<0.001)

Acceleration Range VT (ms-2)

11.75 (2.68)

13.92 (4.00)

13.78 (2.34)

0.054

0.010

0.16 (0.264)

0.31 (0.107)

Acceleration Range ML (ms-2)

10.25 (2.04)

9.72 (2.39)

10.70 (2.18)

0.498

0.510

–0.06 (0.600)

0.08 (0.381)

Acceleration Range AP (ms-2)

8.56 (1.97)

10.38 (2.94)

10.94 (1.98)

0.004

<0.001

0.61 (0.004)

0.71 (<0.001)

Gait symmetry (Harmonic Ratio) VT

2.80 (0.56)

1.71 (0.39)

2.14 (0.35)

<0.001

<0.001

0.14 (0.283)

0.20 (0.212)

Gait symmetry (Harmonic Ratio) ML

2.01 (0.41)

1.46 (0.19)

1.57 (0.23)

<0.001

<0.001

0.50 (0.016)

0.50 (0.018)

Gait symmetry (Harmonic Ratio) AP

2.53 (0.48)

1.48 (0.32)

1.79 (0.38)

<0.001

<0.001

0.32 (0.100)

0.11 (0.335)

Local Divergence Exponent Wolf VT (s-1)

0.83 (0.25)

1.42 (0.32)

1.24 (0.27)

<0.001

<0.001

0.59 (0.005)

0.46 (0.026)

Local Divergence Exponent Wolf ML (s-1)

1.31 (0.31)

1.73 (0.23)

1.74 (0.19)

<0.001

<0.001

0.51 (0.015)

0.52 (0.013)

Local Divergence Exponent Wolf AP (s-1)

1.02 (0.23)

1.62 (0.26)

1.51 (0.29)

<0.001

<0.001

0.55 (0.009)

0.44 (0.035)

Local Divergence Exponent Rosenstein VT (s-1)

0.61 (0.10)

0.76 (0.09)

0.77 (0.10)

<0.001

<0.001

0.28 (0.132)

0.31 (0.108)

Local Divergence Exponent Rosenstein ML (s-1)

0.57 (0.08)

0.64 (0.07)

0.62 (0.07)

0.008

0.056

0.01 (0.490)

–0.00 (0.504)

Local Divergence Exponent Rosenstein AP (s-1)

0.54 (0.09)

0.65 (0.06)

0.62 (0.06)

<0.001

<0.001

0.21 (0.201)

0.37 (0.068)

Low frequency percentage VT < 0.7 Hz (%)

0.08 (0.09)

0.22 (0.15)

0.16 (0.11)

<0.001

<0.001

–0.15 (0.722)

–0.15 (0.722)

Low frequency percentage ML < 10 Hz (%)

85.18 (5.96)

86.70 (5.11)

83.67 (6.12)

0.308

0.292

0.39 (0.052)

0.52 (0.013)

Low frequency percentage AP < 0.7 Hz (%)

0.82 (0.38)

4.20 (2.99)

2.63 (1.56)

<0.001

<0.001

0.51 (0.015)

0.12 (0.313)

Gait Smoothness (Index of Harmonicity) VT

0.67 (0.10)

0.59 (0.11)

0.70 (0.09)

0.007

0.188

0.53 (0.013)

0.58 (0.005)

Gait Smoothness (Index of Harmonicity) ML

0.10 (0.09)

0.26 (0.17)

0.22 (0.13)

<0.001

<0.001

0.37 (0.068)

0.52 (0.014)

Gait Smoothness (Index of Harmonicity) AP

0.57 (0.10)

0.55 (0.10)

0.59 (0.07)

0.486

0.286

0.39 (0.057)

0.56 (0.008)

Dominant Frequency’s Amplitude VT

0.82 (0.14)

0.66 (0.14)

0.78 (0.13)

<0.001

0.208

0.65 (0.002)

0.49 (0.019)

Dominant Frequency’s Amplitude ML

0.45 (0.12)

0.38 (0.09)

0.31 (0.07)

0.036

<0.001

0.19 (0.220)

0.44 (0.034)

Dominant Frequency’s Amplitude AP

0.63 (0.13)

0.49 (0.10)

0.53 (0.12)

0.002

0.015

0.20 (0.210)

0.24 (0.173)

Sample Entropy VT

0.26 (0.05)

0.24 (0.03)

0.23 (0.04)

0.092

0.029

–0.09 (0.631)

0.24 (0.172)

Sample Entropy ML

0.40 (0.07)

0.35 (0.04)

0.37 (0.05)

0.025

0.108

–0.00 (0.505)

0.07 (0.392)

Sample Entropy AP

0.29 (0.08)

0.25 (0.05)

0.24 (0.05)

0.027

0.003

0.61 (0.003)

0.66 (0.001)

  1. Significant values are printed in bold face (p < 0.039 and p < 0.038 for systematic differences, and p < 0.022 and p < 0.019 for correlation coefficients, for overall and speed-matched daily-life gait, respectively)