| | IPD | PPD | SPD | FOT | FCT |
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Single Task
| Elderly N = 16 | 0.79*** | 0.76*** | 0.64** | 0.82*** | 0.82*** |
| Younger N = 24 | 0.70*** | 0.78*** | 0.46** | 0.79*** | 0.78*** |
| Pooled N = 40 | 0.86*** | 0.81*** | 0.60*** | 0.87*** | 0.84*** |
Dual Task
| Elderly N = 16 | 0.70*** | 0.70*** | 0.32 ns | 0.83*** | 0.74*** |
| Younger N = 24 | 0.73*** | 0.88*** | 0.77*** | 0.68*** | 0.82*** |
| Pooled N = 40 | 0.79*** | 0.82*** | 0.55* | 0.88*** | 0.86*** |
- Table 2 shows ICC(2,1) values and significance levels (in parenthesis) for intertester reliability (Rater 1 vs. Rater 2) for step execution parameters Initiation Phase Duration (IPD), Preparatory Phase Duration (PPD), Swing Phase Duration (SPD), Foot-Off Time (FOT) and Foot-Contact Time (FCT) under single and dual task conditions calculated separately for elderly subjects (N = 16), younger adult subjects (N = 24) and the pooled population of elderly and younger adult subjects (N = 40). An average of all six step trials (three forward and three backward) was used in the analysis (ns – not significant, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001).