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) |
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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) |