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Table 3 Acceleration-based values from the GG and GC phases (N = 30)

From: Differences in trunk accelerometry between frail and non-frail elderly persons in functional tasks

 

Frail (n = 14)

Non-frail (n = 16)

U

d

p-Value

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

   

GG

t.stopwatch (s)

10.23 (7.82 / 15.04)

3.71 (2.45 / 3.98)

0.000

2.119

<0.001

x.acc.max (m/s2)

2.06 (1.64 / 2.45)

5.84 (3.55 / 8.78)

14.00

-1.479

<0.001

x.acc.min (m/s2)

-2.45 (-2.77 /-1.89)

-5.93 (-6.87 / -4.51)

9.00

1.910

<0.001

y.acc.max (m/s2)

2.50 (2.25 / 3.04)

9.59 (7.81 / 10.89)

0.000

-5.212

<0.001

y.acc.min (m/s2)

-2.50 (-3.35 / -2.04)

-9.07 (-12.71 / -5.63)

13.00

1.578

<0.001

y.acc.mean (m/s2)

0.15 ( 0.09 / 0.22)

0.46 (0.29 / 1.13)

29.00

-1.234

0.002

z.acc.min (m/s2)

-1.96 (-3.95 / -1.08)

-7.64 (-0.48 / -6.52)

0.000

3.303

<0.001

z.acc.mean (m/s2)

-0.57 (-1.62 / 0.58)

-2.72 (-9.99 / -2.39)

18.00

1.936

<0.001

rv.acc.max ( m/s2)

4.03 (3.22 / 4.99)

11.71 (10.33 / 13.87)

0.000

-1.957

<0.001

rv.acc.min ( m/s2)

0.42 (0.14 / 0.85)

1.54 (0.97 / 2.47)

29.00

-1.258

0.002

rv.acc.mean ( m/s2)

1.91 (1.51 / 2.33)

6.03 (5.27 / 6.75)

0.000

-4.776

<0.001

GC

t.stopwatch (s)

5.91 (4.54 / 10.45)

1.85 (1.55 / 2.21)

8.00

1.923

<0.001

x.acc.max (m/s2)

2.35 (1.83 / 2.62)

5.03 (3.54 / 7.35)

19.00

-1.587

<0.001

x.acc.min (m/s2)

-2.40 (-3.26 / -1.81)

-5.56 (-7.95 / -3.95)

13.00

1.859

<0.001

y.acc.max (m/s2)

2.35 (1.94 / 2.97)

9.26 (8.50 / 11.07)

0.000

-5.436

<0.001

y.acc.min (m/s2)

-2.59 (-3.38 / -2.06)

-8.25 (-15.62 / -5.43)

13.00

1.389

<0.001

y.acc.mean (m/s2)

0.18 (0.11 / 0.26)

0.38 (0.31 / 1.12)

24.00

-1.199

<0.001

z.acc.mean (m/s2)

-0.45 (-1.81 / 0.61)

-2.98 (-4.62 / -2.35)

17.00

2.024

<0.001

rv.acc.max ( m/s2)

4.31 (3.39 / 5.03)

11.85 (9.18 / 16.26)

0.000

-1.802

<0.001

rv.acc.min ( m/s2)

0.33 (0.21 /0.65)

1.53 (0.64 / 3.13)

30.00

-1.292

0.002

rv.acc.mean ( m/s2)

1.96 (1.49 / 2.64)

5.79 ( 5.31 / 6.97)

0.000

-4.859

<0.001

  1. x, x axis; y, y axis; z, z axis; acc, acceleration; t, time; max, maximum; min, minimum; rv, resultant vector; U, U-Mann–Whitney; GG, Gait Go; GC, Gait Come; d, Cohen’s d; IQR, interquartil range (percentil 25% / percentil 75%).