Proposal of a new conceptual gait model for patients with Parkinson’s disease based on factor analysis

Table 2 Factor loading of gait parameters on three factors rotated and extracted by exploratory factor analysis

Variable	1st factor	2nd factor	3rd factor
Gait speed	− 0.674	− 0.334	0.044
Step time	0.918	− 0.170	0.033
Double support time	0.908	0.065	− 0.051
CV step velocity	0.058	0.738	− 0.058
CV step length	− 0.061	0.867	− 0.008
CV swing time	0.107	0.603	0.007
Step time asymmetry	− 0.111	0.066	0.685
Swing time asymmetry	0.136	− 0.069	0.668

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