Clinical Study

Effects of a Twelve-Week Weight Reduction Exercise Programme on Selected Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters of Obese Individuals

Table 1

Physical characteristics of obese and normal weight participants.

VariableObese group ()Normal weight group () value
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

Age (years)32.0 ± 8.2629.32 ± 6.061.5570.125
Weight (kg)96.42 ± 15.0269.29 ± 4.779.135<0.001
Height (m)1.66 ± 0.061.71 ± 0.073.1450.003
BMI (kg/m2)35.03 ± 4.9123.55 ± 1.1712.06<0.001

indicates significant difference at alpha = 0.05.