Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

Age, median (IQR)

73.8 (67.9–79.1)

74.3 (66.1–79.3)

0.74^a

Gender female, N (%)

9 (35)

16 (57)

0.11^b

 Musculoskeletal post-surgery

12 (46)

12 (43)

0.75^b

 Musculoskeletal

8 (31)

6 (21)

 Internal medicine post-surgery

4 (15)

7 (25)

 Internal medicine

2 (8)

3 (11)

Multimorbidity CIRS 14–56, median (IQR)

11 (7.3–16.5)

11 (7.0–13.3)

0.42^a

Cognition MMSE 0–30, median (IQR)

28 (28–29)

28 (28–30)

0.65^a

Balance BBS 0–56, median (IQR)

49 (37.5–53.0)

48 (36.50–53.2)

0.99^a

Fear of falling FES, median (IQR)

21.0 (17.2–24.7)

21.5 (17.0–27.0)

0.92^a

Walking balance (mean Lyapunov, SD)

1.431 (0.221)

1.395 (0.157)

0.70^c