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. 2018 Feb 15;10:36. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00036

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



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.