Table 2 Mean and standard deviation of spatiotemporal step measures normalized by the leg length (LL) during level and sloped walking with and without perturbation.

From: Recovering whole-body angular momentum and margin of stability after treadmill-induced perturbations during sloped walking in healthy young adults

 

Downhill walking

Level walking

Uphill walking

Unperturbed

Trip

Slip

Unperturbed

Trip

Slip

Unperturbed

Trip

Slip

Step length (/LL)

0.623#

(0.059)

0.441*,**

(0.13)

0.551*,**

(0.096)

0.704

(0.041)

0.445*,**

(0.099)

0.6549**

(0.047)

0.703

(0.085)

0.537*,**

(0.15)

0.654**

(0.11)

Step width (/LL)

0.197

(0.045)

0.234*

(0.057)

0.222

(0.048)

0.169

(0.039)

0.237*

(0.048)

0.241*

(0.066)

0.187#

(0.015)

0.246*

(0.055)

0.244*

(0.052)

  1. Results presented as: mean (standard deviation).
  2. Significant differences were determined using post-hoc pairwise t-tests after two-way ANOVA (Table 1).
  3. Statistical significance with Bonferroni correction was set at \(\alpha < 0.017\).
  4. *Significant difference compared to unperturbed.
  5. **Significant difference between trip and slip.
  6. #Significant effect of slope.
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