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Table 1 Characteristic of Study Sample (N = 50)

From: The association between visual attention and body movement-controlled video games, balance and mobility in older adults

Characteristic

Mean Value (SD)

Range

Age (years)

72.4 (5.1)

65–87

 Male

73.1 (5.3)

65–87

 Female

71.9 (5.1)

65–87

MoCA score

27.8 (1.5)

24–30

Number of medications

0.62 (0.9)

0–4

Number of co-morbidities

0.48 (0.7)

0–3

Visual Acuity in logMAR (VA)

−0.00 (0.06)

(−0.14) - 0.12

MOT (threshold speed, deg./sec.)

12.1 (4.1)

5.2–21.8

UFV-S (accuracy %)

36.8 (21.1)

2.1–83.3

UFV-D (accuracy %)

59.7 (24.4)

4.2–95.8

Low visual demand games

 Leg exercise (% correct)

52.4 (14.1)

5–78

 Tai Chi (% correct)

41.4 (19.8)

8.2–79.2

High visual demand games

 Skiing (% accuracy)

70.8 (10.9)

42.2–93.8

 Stomp-it (%)

36.2 (19.3)

0–94.1

Mobility, mean ± SD

 Step length (cm)

64 (8.2)

39.2–86.2

 Step length variability (cm)

3 (1.1)

1.4–6.3

 Step width (cm)

9.1 (3.4)

1.8–23

 Step width variability (cm)

3.2 (1)

1.9–6.1

 Stride length (cm)

129.7 (16.1)

80.5–171.7

 Stride length variability (Right) (cm)

4.5 (2)

1.3–11.4

 Five-meter walking time (secs)

4.6 (1)

3.2–8.3

 Velocity/leg height

1.2 (0.2)

0.7–1.6

Balance (cm), mean ± SD

 ML COP SD

0.24 (0.1)

0.09–0.59

 AP COP SD

0.37 (0.1)

0.21–0.74

 ML COP MAX

0.59 (0.31)

0.19–1.68

 AP COP MAX

0.96 (0.3)

0.51–2.28

 ML COP Range

1.2 (0.6)

0.39–3.56

 AP COP Range

1.94 (0.69)

1.04–5.41

 Cumulative path-length

213.3 (80.3)

109.8–572.3

 One-legged stance test (OLST) (secs)

73.2 (23.6)

0–90

  1. MoCA the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MOT the Multiple Object Tracking, UFV-S the Useful Field of View test- Static, UFV-D the Useful Field of View test – Dynamic, COP Centre of Pressure, ML Medial-lateral, AP Anterior-posterior, MAX Maximum