Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Parameters of Gait in Elderly by Various Walking Pathways Width

Autor: Hohee Son, Eun-Jung Kim
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The Journal of the Korea Contents Association. 13:444-451
ISSN: 1598-4877
DOI: 10.5392/jkca.2013.13.10.444
Popis: The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in temporospatial variables in healthy elderly and healthy adults during usual walking, narrow base walking and centerline-guided walking. Twenty healthy elderly and nineteen healthy adults were participated in this study. In each conditions, the subjects were walked on a 6m walkway at comfortable self-selected speeds under three conditions : (1) usual walking, (2) walking within a 50% of the distance between the subject`s ASIS (3) walking along a centerline. GAITRite system was used for kinematic analysis to assess the temporospatial variables. There were no significant changes in healthy adults(p>.05), but walking speed, cadence, H-H base support, functional ambulation performance were significantly decreased progressively as pathway narrowed in elderly adults(p
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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