Research Article

Differences in Trunk Kinematic between Frail and Nonfrail Elderly Persons during Turn Transition Based on a Smartphone Inertial Sensor

Table 3

Gyroscope-based values from the turning transition ( ).

MeanSD
Frail ( )Healthy ( )Frail ( )Healthy ( ) P value

.stopwatch (s)5.3292.8151.3442.0692.000<0.001
roll.rotation.min (deg) 12.75864.30860.000.031
roll.rotation.max (deg) 63.36035.42297.81862.000.038
rate.yaw.max (deg/s)26.332112.8109.271147.91357.000.022
rate.yaw.min (deg/s) 8.86734.73349.000.009
rate.roll.max (deg/s)25.508134.55814.217135.52313.00<0.001
rate.roll.min (deg/s) 8.71627.35758.000.025

Max: maximum; min: minimum; : time; s: second; deg: degrees; rate: angular velocity; : -Mann-Whitney.