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Table 1 Basic information (mean ± standard deviation and min–max ranges) from young subjects (YS) and older subjects (OS)

From: Lower extremity joint compensatory effects during the first recovery step following slipping and stumbling perturbations in young and older subjects

Variables

YS (n = 15)

OS (n = 15)

p-value

Age (years)

26.53 ± 3.04 (22, 31)

68.33 ± 3.29 (63, 77)

0.000***

Gender (male/female)

6/9

11/4

0.139

Body height (m)

1.73 ± 0.07 (1.64, 1.83)

1.75 ± 0.09 (1.58, 1.88)

0.271

Body mass (kg)

66.81 ± 11.44 (51.80, 88.60)

81.13 ± 13.99 (54.00, 108.30)

0.005**

BMI (kg/m2)

22.31 ± 2.80 (17.67, 27.04)

26.24 ± 4.76 (20.08, 37.41)

0.011*

TUG (s)

8.88 ± 0.72 (7.47, 10.08)

10.32 ± 1.23 (7.89, 12.70)

0.001***

Normal gait speed (m/s)

1.32 ± 0.13 (1.13, 1.62)

1.32 ± 0.14 (0.95, 1.48)

0.394

Slipping_Rec1 gait speed (m/s)

1.47 ± 0.14 (1.26, 1.78)

1.40 ± 0.16 (0.97, 1.64)

0.238

Stumbling_Rec1 gait speed (m/s)

1.23 ± 0.15 (0.98, 1.52)

1.30 ± 0.15 (0.97, 1.53)

0.213

  1. Asterisks represents p-value classification with * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001