Table 1 MTC and VelMTC values at slopes
From: Toe clearance and velocity profiles of young and elderly during walking on sloped surfaces
Young (N = 9) mean (SD) | Elderly (N = 8) mean (SD) | p values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slope(°) | MTC | Velocity | MTC | Velocity | MTC | Velocity | |
Min | -3 | 0.39 (0.28) | 3.55 (0.28) | 0.39 (0.31) | 2.84 (1.03) | 1.00 | 0.04* |
0 | 0.33 (0.25) | 3.52 (0.34) | 0.35 (0.30) | 3.05 (1.05) | 1.00 | 0.04* | |
+3 | 0.27 (0.29) | 3.61 (0.33) | 0.23 (0.23) | 3.06 (1.13) | 1.00 | 0.03* | |
Max | -3 | 2.96 (1.23)b | 4.15 (0.27)a | 2.85 (0.55) | 3.72 (0.92) | 0.84 | 0.13 |
0 | 2.43 (0.75) | 4.28 (0.23)a | 2.84 (0.74) | 3.83 (0.87) | 0.83 | 0.16 | |
+3 | 1.93 (0.66)b | 4.28 (0.28) | 2.50 (0.69) | 3.84 (0.91) | 0.89 | 0.18 | |
Median | -3 | 1.36 (0.72)b | 3.90 (0.27) | 1.09 (0.42) | 3.39 (0.99) | 1.00 | 0.04* |
0 | 1.03 (0.55) | 3.96 (0.25) | 1.01 (0.45) | 3.47 (0.98) | 1.00 | 0.06 | |
+3 | 0.77 (0.37)b | 3.95 (0.30) | 0.88 (0.40) | 3.47 (1.00) | 1.00 | 0.08 | |
Mean | -3 | 1.37 (0.71)b | 3.90 (0.27) | 1.13 (0.39) | 3.39 (0.99) | 1.00 | 0.04* |
0 | 1.06 (0.56) | 3.96 (0.25) | 1.06 (0.44) | 3.48 (0.98) | 1.00 | 0.06 | |
+3 | 0.79 (0.36)b | 3.95 (0.30) | 0.91 (0.38) | 3.47 (1.00) | 1.00 | 0.07 | |
STD | -3 | 0.38 (0.16)b | 0.09 (0.01) | 0.34 (0.08) | 0.12 (0.03) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
0 | 0.31 (0.11) | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.32 (0.12) | 0.11 (0.02) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
+3 | 0.24 (0.06)b | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.03) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
IQR | -3 | 0.48 (0.25) | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.42 (0.11) | 0.14 (0.04) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
0 | 0.37 (0.15) | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.36 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.03) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
+3 | 0.30 (0.05) | 0.13 (0.02) | 0.37 (0.12) | 0.14 (0.03) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Skewness | -3 | 0.72 (0.70) | -0.31 (0.43) | 0.94 (0.53) | -0.58 (0.73) | 0.99 | 1.00 |
0 | 0.89 (0.64) | -0.34 (0.29) | 1.33 (0.85) | -0.15 (0.35) | 0.98 | 1.00 | |
+3 | 0.83 (0.45) | -0.04 (0.26) | 1.14 (1.07) | -0.06 (0.39) | 0.99 | 1.00 | |
Kurtosis | -3 | 5.33 (3.05) | 4.09 (1.67) | 5.44 (2.00) | 5.81 (3.60) | 0.70 | 0.30 |
0 | 5.54 (2.46) | 4.60 (1.27) | 8.66 (6.38) | 3.90 (1.16) | 0.86 | 0.39 | |
+3 | 5.04 (1.90) | 3.54 (0.61) | 8.72 (8.40) | 4.10 (1.34) | 0.53 | 0.87 | |
Mode | -3 | 0.94 (0.70) | 3.84 (0.33) | 0.86 (0.39) | 3.35 (1.05) | 1.00 | 0.05* |
0 | 0.71 (0.70) | 3.79 (0.33) | 0.92 (0.39) | 3.46 (0.92) | 1.00 | 0.06 | |
+3 | 0.56 (0.37) | 3.85 (0.40) | 0.73 (0.48) | 3.33 (1.16) | 1.00 | 0.05* | |
Q1 | -3 | 1.11 (0.61) | 3.84 (0.27) | 0.89 (0.40) | 3.32 (1.00) | 1.00 | 0.04* |
0 | 0.86 (0.51) | 3.90 (0.25) | 0.84 (0.42) | 3.41 (0.99) | 1.00 | 0.04* | |
+3 | 0.63 (0.35) | 3.88 (0.31) | 0.70 (0.36) | 3.40 (1.02) | 1.00 | 0.04* | |
Q3 | -3 | 1.59 (0.84) | 3.96 (0.26) | 1.32 (0.41) | 3.46 (0.97) | 1.00 | 0.06 |
0 | 1.23 (0.61) | 4.02 (0.25) | 1.21 (0.48) | 3.55 (0.97) | 1.00 | 0.08 | |
+3 | 0.92 (0.37) | 4.01 (0.29) | 1.07 (0.43) | 3.54 (0.99) | 1.00 | 0.09 | |
UQR | -3 | 1.37 (0.59) | 0.19 (0.05) | 1.54 (0.63) | 0.26 (0.08) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
0 | 1.21 (0.42) | 0.27 (0.05) | 1.63 (0.75) | 0.28 (0.10) | 0.99 | 1.00 | |
+3 | 1.00 (0.45) | 0.27 (0.14) | 1.43 (0.70) | 0.31 (0.17) | 0.99 | 1.00 | |
LQR | -3 | 0.72 (0.39)b | 0.30 (0.11) | 0.50 (0.16) | 0.48 (0.20) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
0 | 0.53 (0.27) | 0.38 (0.11) | 0.49 (0.19) | 0.36 (0.13) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
+3 | 0.36 (0.14)b | 0.27 (0.07) | 0.47 (0.15) | 0.34 (0.14) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |