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Table 3 Correlations between activities-specific frequency and balance confidence

From: Activities-specific performance frequency can accurately detect fallers in elderly populations: an alternative method for quantifying activity restrictions

Correlations

(Spearman’s rho)

ABC (0-100)

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overall

Activities-specific frequency (0-4)

 1. Walk around house

.190

               

-.058

 2. Up and down stairs

 

.493**

              

.494**

 3. Pick up slipper

  

.422**

             

.525**

 4. Reach at eye level

   

.372**

            

.466**

 5. Reach on tiptoes

    

.539**

           

.557**

 6. Stand on chair to reach

     

.724**

          

.668**

 7. Sweep the floor

      

.587**

         

.441**

 8. Walk outside to nearby car

       

.246*

        

.199

 9. Get in/out of car

        

.100

       

.376**

 10. Walk across parking lot

         

.330**

      

.322**

 11. Up and down ramp

          

.308**

     

.279**

 12. Walk in crowded mall

           

.289**

    

.411**

 13. Walk in crowd/bumped

            

.135

   

.169

 14. Escalator holding rail

             

.386**

  

.503**

 15. Escalator not holding rail

              

.521**

 

.467**

 16. Walk on icy sidewalks

               

.467**

.590**

  1. *p<0.05, **p<0.01