Quantitative evaluation of indoor walking activities related to age

Autor:	F. Dujardin, J. M. Toupin
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry Population Gait Physical medicine and rehabilitation Gait analysis Pedometer medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery business education human activities
Zdroj:	European Journal Of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 9:27-30
ISSN:	1432-1068 0948-4817
DOI:	10.1007/bf02427767
Popis:	The functional investigation of patients with locomotive disorders requires a quantitative evaluation of their gait. Usually, only walking activities taking place outdoors are taken into account. Indoor walking which may represent the patient’s major ambulatory activity is generally neglected. A study including a population of 73 subjects (age: 20–85 years) carrying a pedometer has shown a relation between the age of the subject and his indoor walking activities, with a variation by a factor of 5 between 20 and 85 years of age. On the basis of this relation, an indoor ambulation index may be determined acording to the subjects’ age, thus providing a quantitative evaluation of their gait while taking into account all their activities, both indoors and outdoors.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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