Of 102 potential participants, 35 agreed
to participate in the study, 9 required
further time to consider, and 58 declined
participation in the study. Reasons for
not participating included time constraints,
difficulty7 traveling to the testing
center, lack of interest in participating,
mobility limitations because of pain or
injury, and current or previous participation
in other research studies. Ultimately,
24 people participated in the study. Participant
characteristics are shown in
Table 1. Data from 20 participants were
included in the final analysis. Reasons for
exclusion (n=4) w ere that data from 2
participants’ activPAL activity monitors
w ere not recorded because of a technical
fault w hen data were downloaded from
the activity monitors, 1 participant failed
to complete all 7 ADLs, and full video
recording data were not available for 1
participant.
Step Counts
The regression analysis (Fig. 1) showed