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Table 2 Spatiotemporal Parameters (non-normalized and normalized) for each age group

From: The three-dimensional kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters of gait in 6–10 year old typically developed children in the Cape Metropole of South Africa – a pilot study

 

6 years (n = 3)

7 years (n = 3)

8 years (n = 5)

9 years (n = 8)

10 years (n = 9)

 

median

range

median

range

median

range

median

range

median

range

 

Non-normalized

Cadence (steps / sec)

2.42

2.25–2.68

2.34

2.18–2.38

2.21

1.98–2.72

2.18

1.85–2.39

2.16

1.93–2.41

Speed (ms-1)

1.26

1.09-1.45

1.14

0.88-1.27

1.16

0.90-1.38

1.34

1.15-1.49

1.32

1.18-1.55

Step Length (m)

0.53

0.48–0.56

0.49

0.42–0.56

0.53

0.46–0.60

0.62

0.59–0.66

0.62

0.54–0.69

Stride Length (m)

1.04

0.95–1.11

0.97

0.82–1.11

1.05

0.92–1.17

1.23

1.15–1.32

1.23

1.09–1.36

 

Normalized

Cadence

0.91

0.90–1.09

0.93

0.93–0.95

0.79

0.77–1.11

0.80

0.69–0.93

0.77

0.68–0.92

Speed

0.50

0.44–0.59

0.46

0.38–0.50

0.45

0.36–0.56

0.50

0.44–0.58

0.48

0.44–0.57

Step Length

0.83

0.75–0.90

0.79

0.73–0.86

0.79

0.71–0.85

0.85

0.80–0.96

0.82

0.73–0.87

Stride Length

1.63

1.48–1.79

1.56

1.49–1.72

1.55

1.39–1.69

1.68

1.60–1.90

1.61

1.45–1.74