Skip to main content

Table 3 Spatiotemporal Parameters (non-normalized and normalized) for the two age subgroups

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

 

Group A

Group B

 
 

6–8 years (n = 11)

9–10 years (n = 17)

P-value

 

median

range

median

range

 
 

Non-Normalized

Cadence (steps per second)

2.34

1.98–2.72

2.18

1.85–2.41

0.020*

Speed (ms-1)

1.20

0.88–1.45

1.35

1.15–1.55

0.002*

Step Length (m)

0.53

0.42–0.60

0.62

0.55–0.69

<0.001*

Stride Length (m)

1.03

0.82–1.17

1.23

1.09–1.36

<0.001*

 

Normalized

Cadence

0.91

0.77–1.11

0.79

0.68–0.93

0.535

Speed

0.45

0.36–0.59

0.49

0.44–0.58

0.129

Step Length

0.79

0.71–0.90

0.83

0.73–0.96

0.056

Stride Length

1.54

1.39–1.79

1.64

1.15–1.90

0.055

  1. *significant difference