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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of gait parameters when walking on different surfaces and during different conditions N = 10

From: Gait parameters when walking with or without rollator on different surface characteristics: a pilot study among healthy individuals

Walking conditions

Step length/cm

Walking speed m/s

Mean (SD)

Median (min–max)*

Mean (SD)

Median (min–max)

Walk upslope

51.27 (7.88)

51.20 (41.13–60.73)

0.96 (0.15)

0.97 (0.75–1.17)

Walk downslope

48.97 (8.36)

50.83 (38.00–59.22)

0.95 (0.19)

0.95 (0.70–1.19)

Walk on gravel

50.11 (7.17)

48.42 (38.60–60.36)

0.94 (0.15)

0.94 (0.70–1.11)

Walk on bitumen

50.18 (8.04)

51.01 (37.67–62.22)

0.96 (0.16)

0.99 (0.69–1.17)

Rollator walk upslope

52.44 (9.47)

54.87 (40.25–62.84)

0.98 (0.22)

1.07 (0.68–1.25)

Rollator walk downslope

43.77 (10.01)

41.04 (33.22–61.10)

0.84 (0.25)

0.75 (0.59–1.29)

Rollator walk on gravel

51.31 (8.33)

51.15 (36.43–60.19)

0.95 (0.21)

0.92 (0.67–1.31)

Rollator walk on bitumen

46.82 (8.59)

45.36 (32.51–57.42)

0.89 (0.22)

0.85 (0.61–1.19)

 

Sideway deviation/g

Walk ratio mm/steps/min

Walk upslope

0.17 (0.03)

0.17 (0.12–0.23)

4.60 (0.76)

4.59 (0.37–5.44)

Walk downslope

0.19 (0.03)

0.18 (0.14–0.25)

4.21 (6.53)

4.34 (3.43–5.29)

Walk on gravel

0.17 (0.03)

0.16 (0.12–0.22)

4.46 (6.64)

4.24 (3.47–5.56)

Walk on bitumen

0.18 (0.03)

0.17 (0.12–0.22)

4.40 (7.14)

4.26 (3.42–5.50)

Rollator walk upslope

0.17 (0.03)

0.17 (0.12–0.23)

4.74 (88.01)

4.90 (3.45–6.26)

Rollator walk downslope

0.18 (0.04)

0.18 (0.13–0.25)

3.83 (7.42)

3.62 82.98–4.92

Rollator walk on gravel

0.17 (0.03)

0.18 (0.13–0.22)

4.48 (6.99)

4.64 (3.16–5.31)

Rollator walk on bitumen

0.17 (0.04)

0.17 (0.13–0.25)

4.16 (6.48)

4.28 (2.87–5.10)

  1. *Since not all variables were normally distributed and the sample size is small, both mean and median values are shown