Table 1 Summary statistics, main effects, and Bonferroni-corrected pairwise comparisons for the gait parameters averaged across left and right turns.

From: The role of environmental constraints in walking: Effects of steering and sharp turns on gait dynamics

  

Unconstrained

Constrained

Perturbed

Main Effect

Comparisons

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

F(2, 12)

p

U:C

U:P

C:P

IN

α

0.85

(0.150)

0.71

(0.135)

0.59

(0.117)

13.32

<0.001

<0.05

<0.001

<0.01

 

ISI (s)

1.08

(0.042)

1.14

(0.057)

1.17

(0.052)

52.38

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

CV (%)

1.55

(0.255)

1.80

(0.441)

2.66

(0.647)

31.89

<0.001

=0.07

<0.001

<0.001

 

v (m/s)

1.46

(0.064)

1.35

(0.090)

1.28

(0.081)

126.40

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

SL (m)

1.58

(0.086)

1.54

(0.086)

1.50

(0.088)

37.19

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

OUT

α

0.86

(0.126)

0.68

(0.124)

0.53

(0.105)

21.39

<0.001

<0.05

<0.001

<0.01

 

ISI (s)

1.08

(0.042)

1.14

(0.057)

1.17

(0.052)

52.25

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

CV (%)

1.53

(0.221)

1.84

(0.444)

2.90

(0.619)

38.21

<0.001

<0.05

<0.001

<0.001

 

v (m/s)

1.46

(0.064)

1.35

(0.091)

1.29

(0.081)

126.38

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

SL (m)

1.58

(0.086)

1.54

(0.087)

1.50

(0.089)

37.15

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. All gait parameters were estimated separately on the inner- (IN) and outer-side (OUT) of the walker with respect to the direction of the turn.
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