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Table 2 Curve fitting estimated values

From: Self-selected gait speed - over ground versus self-paced treadmill walking, a solution for a paradox

 

EXPERIMENT A

EXPERIMENT B

Value

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

a - Stead state velocity (m/s)

1.42 ± 1.19*

1.15 - 1.79

1.61 ± 0.17

1.37 - 1.86

b – Curvature (1/m)

0.15 ± 0.12

0.05 - 0.54

0.18 ± 0.09

0.07 - 0.34

Fit regression coefficient R

0.94 ± 0.04*

0.82 - 0.97

0.90 ± 0.04

0.85 - 0.98

D95 (m)

36.5 ± 18.7†

8.2 - 72.2

24.6 ± 14.7

1.8 - 50.4

GS-CV (%)

3.4 ± 1.8

1.1 - 6.6

4.3 ± 1.5

2.0 - 7.1

  1. * p < 0.05; † p = 0.097 (not statistically significant difference;); Mann Whitney U Test; one outlier of the estimated curvature b, 2.207, was omitted (EXPERIMENT B).