Variations in gait features in elderly adults during walking considering their balance

Hyuk Jae Choi; Han Sung Kim; Jeicheong Ryu; Gyoosuk Kim; Chang Yong Ko

doi:10.1007/s13534-017-0045-0

Variations in gait features in elderly adults during walking considering their balance

Hyuk Jae Choi, Han Sung Kim, Jeicheong Ryu, Gyoosuk Kim, Chang Yong Ko

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of balance on the spatiotemporal features, lower-limb kinematics, and center of mass (COM) of the non-faller elderly during walking. In this study, 20 healthy elderly women (age, 76.2 ± 5.6 years; height, 150.1 ± 3.2 cm; weight, 55.8 ± 9.0 kg) were enrolled. Based on the Berg balance scale (BBS), the elderly were classified into two groups: poor balance (PB; BBS scores <46; n = 10; 43.8 ± 1.8) and good balance (GB; BBS scores ≥46; n = 10; 50.4 ± 2.5). The two groups had no differences in terms of the spatiotemporal features and range of motion (ROM) of the vertical COM (all p > 0.05). The ROM of the mediolateral COM was greater in PB than in GB. Hip transversal movements in the two groups were different. The impairment of the lateral balance function might contribute to an increase in the incidence of fall events in the elderly with poor balance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-338
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biomedical Engineering Letters
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13534-017-0045-0
Publication status	Published - 2017 Nov 1

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Acknowledgements This work was supported from the research program (R7520-16-0005) by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of the republic of Korea and the Institute of Information & communications Technology Promotion of Korea.

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