Table 1 Characteristics of the individuals. Mean(SD) are shown

Characteristics

Men/women (number)

9/13

5/1

Age (years)

69.6(12.4)

67.7(11.6)

0.592

Exercise per week (hours)

9.2(9.2)

8.7(3.4)

0.501

Disease duration (years)

3.8(2.6)

6.3(8.0)

0.737

Fall in the last 12 months (number)

2.3(1.7)

2.6(1.4)

0.431

Fall in the last 6 months (number)

0.7(1.0)

1.0(1.1)

0.648

Diagnosis

Parkinson’s disease (number)

3

1

Older adults (number)

8

2

Multiple Sclerosis (number)

2

0

Stroke (number)

7

2

Central Cord Syndrome (number)

1

0

Spinal Cord Tumor (number)

1

0

Cerebellar Ataxia (number)

0

1

Outcomes

ABC (scores)

59.1(23.8)

53.6(21.8)

0.603

Comfortable pace

Gait speed (m/s)

0.7(0.3)

0.8(0.3)

0.407

Step time asymmetry (a.u.)

0.04(0.08)

0.06(0.07)

0.380

Foot clearance (cm)

1.92(0.98)

1.76(0.71)

0.887

Arm swing ROM (degrees)

31.9(16.1)

34.5(10.3)

0.441

Trunk coronal ROM (degrees)

5.6(2.5)

9.7(9.9)

0.744

Foot-strike angle (degrees)

15.6(6.9)

15.2(7.5)

0.798

Fast pace

Gait speed (m/s)

0.8(0.3)

0.9(0.4)

0.628

Step time asymmetry (a.u.)

0.04(0.08)

0.07(0.10)

0.662

Foot clearance (cm)

2.2(1.0)

1.9(0.7)

0.842

Arm swing ROM (degrees)

40.9(21.1)

48.4(28.2)

0.628

Trunk coronal ROM (degrees)

6.1(2.6)

11.3(10.6)

0.457

Foot-strike angle (degrees)

16.8(7.4)

15.9(10.1)

0.762