Table 2.
Results of the 3 × 2 ANOVA of APA characteristics, first step kinematics, gait speed, and postural sway measures.
Group effect | Condition effect | Interaction effect | ||||||||
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Variable | Condition | PD+FOG | PD-FOG | HC | F | p-value | F | p-value | F | p-value |
ML size of APA (g) | Single task | 0.032 (0.014) | 0.034 (0.013) | 0.044 (0.018) | 10.900 | <0.001∗∗ | 0.262 | 0.610 | 2.825 | 0.066 |
Dual task | 0.024 (0.008)a,b | 0.038 (0.021)a | 0.045 (0.013)b | |||||||
AP size of APA (g) | Single task | 0.032 (0.018) | 0.042 (0.022) | 0.041 (0.023) | 4.600 | 0.013∗ | 0.889 | 0.349 | 0.828 | 0.441 |
Dual task | 0.027 (0.015)c | 0.043 (0.025)c | 0.040 (0.015) | |||||||
APA duration (s) | Single task | 0.68 (0.49) | 0.74 (0.57) | 0.73 (0.79) | 0.628 | 0.537 | 0.393 | 0.532 | 0.086 | 0.918 |
Dual task | 0.61 (0.22) | 0.64 (0.33) | 0.55 (0.20) | |||||||
Latency (s) | Single task | 0.79 (0.51) | 0.87 (0.58) | 0.83 (0.78) | 1.925 | 0.153 | 0.004 | 0.947 | 0.342 | 0.711 |
Dual task | 0.78 (0.25) | 0.78 (0.33) | 0.64 (0.17) | |||||||
First step range of motion (°) | Single task | 27.3 (8.6)d,e | 33.4 (6.2)d | 40.7 (5.9)d,g | 23.256 | <0.001∗∗ | 15.661 | <0.001∗∗ | 1.452 | 0.241 |
Dual task | 26.1 (8.9)e,f | 33.0 (6.2)f | 38.5 (5.1)f,g | |||||||
First step time (s) | Single task | 0.36 (0.10) | 0.41 (0.12) | 0.36 (0.10) | 0.886 | 0.416 | 2.663 | 0.107 | 0.809 | 0.449 |
Dual task | 0.43 (0.16) | 0.41 (0.18) | 0.38 (0.09) | |||||||
Gait speed (m/s) | Single task | 0.87 (0.19)h,l | 0.93 (0.15)i,m | 1.12 (0.14)h,i,n | 15.521 | <0.001∗∗ | 113.894 | <0.001∗∗ | 0.803 | 0.452 |
Dual task | 0.76 (0.18)j,l | 0.82 (0.15)k,m | 0.97 (0.14)j,k,n | |||||||
Postural sway length ML (m/s2) | Single task | 3.77 (2.36)o | 3.79 (2.07)p | 3.07 (1.23)q | 0.128 | 0.880 | 66.357 | <0.001∗∗ | 9.826 | <0.001∗ |
Dual task | 4.39 (1.90)o | 4.65 (2.50)p | 6.33 (3.81)q | |||||||
Postural sway RMS ML (m/s2) | Single task | 0.023 (0.015) | 0.024 (0.011)r | 0.024 (0.014)s | 0.949 | 0.392 | 31.939 | <0.001∗∗ | 2.357 | 0.102 |
Dual task | 0.024 (0.009) | 0.033 (0.020)r | 0.033 (0.021)s | |||||||
Postural sway MV ML (m/s) | Single task | 0.036 (0.038) | 0.032 (0.023) | 0.034 (0.033) | 1.352 | 0.265 | 5.517 | 0.021∗ | 0.993 | 0.375 |
Dual task | 0.031 (0.023) | 0.047 (0.037) | 0.035 (0.030) | |||||||
Values represent mean (SD). ∗Significantly different (p < 0.05); ∗∗Significantly different (p < 0.001); significant post hoc comparisons (Holm–Bonferroni adjusted for multiple comparisons): c,gp < 0.05; a,d,e,f,o,p,rp < 0.01; ip < 0.001; b,h,j,k,l,m,n,q,sp < 0.0001.