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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2011 Apr 29;34(1):111–118. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.024

Table 2.

Factor Loadings of Gait Parameters on Five Factors Rotated and Extracted by Factor Analysis

Gait Parameter Rhythm Phases Variability Pace Base of Support
Gait Speed (cm/s) −0.463 0.368 −0.087 0.779 0.088
Cadence (steps/min) −0.940 0.021 0.228 0.016 0.009
Mean Step Time (s) 0.955 −0.080 −0.093 −0.027 −0.091
Mean Step Length 0.135 0.335 −0.173 0.900 0.055
Mean Stride Time (s) 0.970 −0.063 −0.143 −0.035 −0.116
Mean Stride Length (cm) 0.123 0.380 −0.211 0.874 0.022
Mean Step Width (cm) 0.202 −0.012 −0.080 −0.123 −0.841
Mean Swing (%GC) −0.015 0.910 −0.007 0.245 0.043
Mean Swing Time (s) 0.838 0.447 −0.120 0.123 −0.067
Mean Stance (%GC) 0.028 −0.894 0.010 −0.199 0.032
Mean Stance Time (s) 0.898 −0.356 −0.135 −0.109 −0.100
Single Support (%GC) 0.159 0.759 −0.339 0.145 0.101
Single Support Time (s) 0.826 0.397 −0.263 0.094 −0.018
Double Support (%GC) −0.088 −0.921 0.217 −0.233 −0.068
Double Support Time (s) 0.541 −0.756 0.037 −0.243 −0.140
Step Length Variability (%CV) −0.374 −0.112 0.593 −0.213 −0.084
Step Time Variability (%CV) −0.322 −0.024 0.695 −0.108 −0.055
Stride Length Variability (%CV) −0.100 −0.036 0.883 −0.093 0.041
Stride Time Variability (%CV) −0.130 −0.117 0.921 −0.018 0.136
Swing Time Variability (%CV) −0.273 −0.167 0.832 0.009 0.079
Stance Time Variability (%CV) 0.008 −0.059 0.702 −0.042 0.379
Stride Speed Variability (%CV) 0.188 −0.113 0.526 −0.036 0.058
Step Width Variability SD (cm) −0.035 0.136 0.166 −0.027 0.778
% of Variance 25.8 20.0 19.1 11.6 6.9

Note: Bolded correlation coefficients are interpreted as significant contributors to the identified factor.