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Table 3 Main effects of group (robust, pre-frail, frail) and task (TEA, GARDEN) for the kinematic parameters

From: Kinematic analysis of activities of daily living performance in frail elderly

Parameter

Activity

Agility

Smoothness

Energy

Intensity

TD (s)

RA (-)

STD (m/s2)

PPS (1/s)

RATIO (-)

SUM (m2/s5)

APS (m/s3)

MPA (m/s2)

MAX95 (m/s2)

Group

R

116 (21)

0.57 (0.04)

0.73 (0.14)

3.3 (0.1)

0.55 (0.05)

23.87 (6.33)

21.05 (3.12)

0.67 (0.11)

1.39 (0.26)

P

134 (46)

0.55 (0.10)

0.61 (0.12)

3.5 (0.3)

0.49 (0.08)

25.20 (13.90)

19.94 (5.20)

0.54 (0.12)

1.18 (0.24)

F

118 (38)

0.56 (0.08)

0.51 (0.20)

3.7 (0.3)

0.47 (0.09)

26.39 (11.17)

21.74 (4.00)

0.50 (0.14)

1.01 (0.37)

p

0.56

0.92

0.03*

0.04*

0.08

0.92

0.69

0.03*

0.06

η2p

  

0.26

0.18

   

0.26

 

Task

Tea

145 (35)

0.44 (0.13)

0.52 (0.14)

3.6 (0.3)

0.34 (0.10)

25.23 (10.44)

17.88 (6.17)

0.38 (0.11)

0.93 (0.24)

Garden

105 (61)

0.67 (0.11)

0.74 (0.22)

3.4 (0.3)

0.67 (0.12)

24.91 (15.63)

23.46 (5.44)

0.75 (0.24)

1.47 (0.46)

p

0.005*

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

0.003*

 < 0.001*

0.93

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

η2p

0.15

0.47

0.28

0.15

0.72

 

0.19

0.51

0.37

  1. Mean values, standard deviation, R robust: ‘0’, P pre-frail: ‘1–2’, F frail: ‘3–5’, p-value, η2p partial eta squared. TD Trial Duration, RA Relative Activity, STD Peak Standard Deviation, PPS Peaks Per Second, RATIO Peak Ratio, SUM Weighted Sum of Acceleration per Second, APS Acceleration per Second, MPA Mean Peak Acceleration, MAX95 95th Percentile of Acceleration Peaks