Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

Research Article

Effects of a Visual Distracter Task on the Gait of Elderly versus Young Persons

Table 1

Subjects’ gender anthropometric characteristics (means ± standard deviations).
Older ( 𝑛 = 1 2 )Young ( 𝑛 = 1 2 )
Males/females6/65/7
Age (years) 6 8 . 1 7 ± 4 . 2 3 2 5 . 5 8 ± 2 . 7 5
Height (cm) 1 6 9 . 7 5 ± 7 . 2 4 1 7 4 . 5 0 ± 6 . 8 3
Weight (kg) 7 2 . 5 0 ± 9 . 5 5 6 9 . 7 5 ± 1 1 . 0 4
BMI (kg/m²) 2 5 . 0 8 ± 2 . 1 0 2 2 . 7 7 ± 2 . 3 3