Mobility and Balance and Their Correlation with Physiological Factors in Elderly with Different Foot Postures
Table 2
Spearman () correlation coefficients of physiological factors with mobility and balance performances in supinated, pronated, and neutral feet.
Correlates
Mobility (TUG)
Balance (FSST)
Neutral
Pronated
Supinated
Neutral
Pronated
Supinated
( value)
( value)
( value)
( value)
( value)
( value)
Height (m)
−0.395
0.378
−0.402
−0.093
−0.013
−0.365
(0.130)
(0.182)
(0.154)
(0.733)
(0.964)
(0.200)
Weight (kg)
−0.241
−0.024
−0.552∗
−0.006
0.130
−0.187
(0.368)
(0.9.34)
(0.041)
(0.983)
(0.658)
(0.523)
BMI
−0.144
−0.122
−0.310
−0.109
0.103
−0.020
(0.594)
(0.679)
(0.281)
(0.688)
(0.725)
(0.946)
LL strength
0.804∗∗
0.551∗
0.484
0.368
0.163
0.491
(0.041)
(0.041)
(0.079)
(0.161)
(0.578)
(0.075)
LL endurance
−0.573∗
−0.669∗∗
−0.242
−0.243
−0.356
−0.266
(0.020)
(0.009)
(0.405)
(0.365)
(0.212)
(0.357)
Comparisons were tested using Spearman correlation coefficient analysis (nonparametric). ∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). LL: lower limb.
