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GAIT SPEED MEASURE: THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MEASURING DISTANCES AND THE INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION.
- Source :
- Perceptual & Motor Skills; Apr2012, Vol. 114 Issue 2, p469-478, 10p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of different distances and the inclusion and exclusion of acceleration and deceleration distances on the measurement of self-paced and fastest gait speeds in younger and older adults. The self-paced and fastest gait speeds of younger and older adults were measured over 4-m and 10-m walkways with the acceleration and deceleration distances included and excluded in the measuring distance. The results indicated gait speeds (both self-paced and fastest) measured over different distances were comparable only if a distance for acceleration and deceleration was excluded from the measuring distance to obtain stable and comparable gait speeds. Similar results were found for younger and older groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of acceleration
AGE distribution
ANALYSIS of variance
CAREGIVERS
CHI-squared test
CHRONIC diseases
COLLEGE students
GAIT in humans
HOSPITALS
INTERVIEWING
STATISTICAL sampling
T-test (Statistics)
WALKING
COMORBIDITY
REPEATED measures design
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00315125
- Volume :
- 114
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Perceptual & Motor Skills
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 79570693
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2466/10.25.26.PMS.114.2.469-478