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Table 3 Overview of clusters of gait parameters

From: The effect of exercise-induced muscle fatigue on gait parameters among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dynamic balance (45, 56% +)

Lower Limb Kinematics (261, 51% +)

Regularity (60, 45% +)

Spatio-temporal Parameters (139, 42% +)

Symmetry (42, 60% +)

Velocity (26, 65% +)

• Step/Stride width (19, 53% +)

• Step/Stride width variability (6, 100% +)

• Gait stability outcomes (20, 45% +):

- Center of Mass displacement

- Center of Mass peak velocity

- Detrended Fluctuations Analysis (DFA)

- Lyapunov exponent (LDE)

- Multi-scale Sample Entropy

- Peak trunk velocity

- Trunk accelerations

• Minimal foot/toe clearance (5, 0% +)

• Lower Limb Kinematics (256, 52% +):

- Joint angle

- Joint moment

- Joint power

• Harmonic ratio A-P and M-L (2, 0% +)

• Trunk repeatability (3, 33% +)

• Variability (SD / CoV) (55, 47% +):

- Cadence

- Cycle-time

- Double support

- Joint angle

- Single support

- Stance phase

- Step/Stride length

- Step/Stride time

- Swing phase

- Swing time

- Velocity

• Cadence (34, 32% +)

• Single support time (2, 50% +)

• Stance time (19, 26% +)

• Step/Stride length (52, 58% +)

• Step/Stride time (17, 47% +)

• Swing time (15, 27% +)

• Asymmetry Index (ASI) (6, 83% +)

• Double support time (1, 100% +)

• Phase outcomes (% of gait cycle) (35, 54% +):

- Double support phase

- Gait-specific phase

- Minimal foot clearance

- Single support phase

- Stance phase

- Swing phase

- Toe off

• Velocity (26, 65% +)

  1. Indicated between parentheses is the number of effect sizes and the percentage of positive effect sizes