Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 470-474 , March 2009

Validity of a Functional Dynamic Walking Test for the Elderly

Presented to the 12th Annual Congress of European College Sport Science, July 11–14, 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland.

  • Sally D. Lark, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Sally D. Lark, PhD, Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Human Health, Massey University, Private Bag 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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  • Sowjanya Pasupuleti, MSc

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    Group mean (SEM) for balance scores of the faller (unblocked) and nonfaller groups (blocked). Cohen's d effect sizes (ES) are shown for comparisons between groups. A significant difference (P<.05) bet

    Group mean (SEM) for balance scores of the faller (unblocked) and nonfaller groups (blocked). Cohen's d effect sizes (ES) are shown for comparisons between groups. A significant difference (P<.05) between faller and nonfaller groups is denoted by *, whereas a, b, and c show significant differences where the letters are different and no differences when they are the same.

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    Group means (SEM) for the time taken to walk 6m between different widths for fallers (unblocked) and nonfallers (blocked). Cohen's d effect sizes (ES) are shown for comparisons between groups. A signi

    Group means (SEM) for the time taken to walk 6m between different widths for fallers (unblocked) and nonfallers (blocked). Cohen's d effect sizes (ES) are shown for comparisons between groups. A significant difference (P<.05) between faller and nonfaller groups is denoted by.* The letters a, b, and c denote significant differences where the letters are different; where the letters are the same, there were no differences.

 Supported by the School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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PII: S0003-9993(08)01699-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.08.221

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 470-474 , March 2009

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