Research Article
Mobility and Balance and Their Correlation with Physiological Factors in Elderly with Different Foot Postures
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants (
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| | Characteristics | Neutral | Pronated | Supinated | value | | ( = 16) | ( = 14) | ( = 14) | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Age (years) | 71.13 (4.674) | 67.79 (5.780) | 70.50 (6.223) | 0.196 | | Height (m) | 1.49 (0.065) | 1.50 (0.054) | 1.52 (0.056) | 0.516 | | Weight (kg) | 54.44 (14.289) | 60.24 (14.322) | 59.91 (11.99) | 0.422 | | Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 24.09 (5.238) | 26.41 (5.837) | 25.94 (4.584) | 0.474 | | Five-time sit-to-stand (sec.) | 12.93 (2.608) | 11.93 (3.050) | 11.67 (2.786) | 0.521 | | 30-second chair rise (rep.) | 12.63 (2.446) | 12.00 (3.762) | 13.36 (3.342) | 0.230 | | Timed-Up and Go (sec) | 10.73 (2.566) | 10.38 (2.166) | 9.85 (2.638) | 0.484 | | Four-Square Step test (sec) | 14.33 (4.594) | 16.75 (6.427) | 13.40 (4.232) | 0.291 |
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Comparisons were tested using Kruskal-Wallis analysis (nonparametric).
values were set at a significance level of .
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