Table 2 Spatiotemporal gait parameters in single vs. dual-task and for rarely vs. often listeners in dual-task

Step time, s

Mean ± SD

0.59 ± 0.50

0.59 ± 0.48

0.452

0.59 ± 0.03

0.59 ± 0.03

0.590

CoV (%) ± SD

4.94 ± 6.30

4.07 ± 5.33

0.253

4.23 ± 6.52

2.88 ± 1.63

0.455

Double step time, s

Mean ± SD

1.18 ± 0.09

1.18 ± 0.08

0.421

1.17 ± 0.1

1.18 ± 0.06

0.662

CoV (%) ± SD

5.03 ± 7.25

3.29 ± 4.08

0.096

3.23 ± 4.71

2.43 ± 1.99

0.583

Cadence, steps/min

Mean ± SD

101.99 ± 8.1

102.17 ± 7.6

0.893

103.04 ± 5.9

101.67 ± 5.7

0.631

CoV (%) ± SD

3.01 ± 2.37

2.46 ± 1.82

0.245

2.40 ± 1.94

2.07 ± 1.30

0.674

Step length, cm

Mean ± SD

63.51 ± 6.2

63.49 ± 6.3

0.992

63.55 ± 5.4

61.03 ± 7.2

0.407

CoV (%) ± SD

2.23 ± 1.35

2.00 ± 1.24

0.441

1.92 ± 1.04

2.49 ± 1.07

0.171

Double step length, s

Mean ± SD

127.35 ± 12.10

127.09 ± 12.28

0.463

127.3 ± 10.6

121.8 ± 11.9

0.294

CoV (%) ± SD

2.98 ± 2.05

2.64 ± 1.92

0.223

2.95 ± 2.22

2.69 ± 1.86

0.792

Step width, cm

Mean ± SD

9.01 ± 3.30

9.04 ± 3.59

0.965

9.36 ± 3.6

9.3 ± 1.5

0.971

CoV (%) ± SD

30.23 ± 11.93

29.49 ± 11.48

0.779

32.16 ± 12.74

22.41 ± 6.30

0.029