ASSOCIATION OF BMI ON TEMPORALSPATIAL PARAMETERS OF GAIT IN YOUNG ADULTS

Autor:	Sundus Masood, Asif Ashiq Ali, Shazia Qudrat, Nabeel Baig
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Physical medicine and rehabilitation Gait (human) business.industry medicine Young adult Association (psychology) business human activities
Zdroj:	Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation. 5:49-56
ISSN:	2309-7833 2311-3863
DOI:	10.36283/pjr.zu.5.2/005
Popis:	OBJECTIVE To study the effects of BMI on temporal-spatial gait parameters in young adults TARGET POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE Target population in this study is students. Total 40 students participated in this study. Participants were drawn from College of Physical Therapy. STUDY DESIGN Observational study METHOD 40 young adults both male and female were selected, keeping 10 students in each group of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese. Each participant was instructed to walk over 20 meters area both indoor and outdoor at their normal pace wearing normal footwear. Step length and cadence were measured and gait velocity of each participant was calculated. Results were compared for both outdoor and indoor walk. RESULT The result of this study revealed statistically no significant differences in the measured variables between four groups, i.e. underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese young individuals in both outdoor and indoor settings and found significant difference is indoor walk step length and gait velocity. Overweight and obese individuals have shorter step length and gait velocity, underweight individuals walk was better than other groups CONCLUSION The study shows no difference in gait in relation of BMI. There was the difference in step length and gait velocity in overweight and obese individual.
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