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Reference values of gait parameters measured with a plantar pressure platform in community-dwelling older Japanese adults
- Source :
- Clinical Interventions in Aging. 14:1265-1276
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background Gait measures such as gait speed, stride length, step width, and stance duration change with advanced age and are associated with adverse health outcomes among older adults. The stride-to-stride variabilities of gait measures are also related to falls and cognitive decline in older adults; however, reference values of these gait parameters in older Japanese adults do not exist. This study aimed to determine the reference values of gait parameters as measured by a plantar pressure platform in community-dwelling older Japanese adults. Methods Community-dwelling adults (N=1,212) who were independent in basic activities of daily living and aged 70-96 years (491 men, 721 women) completed the gait performance measurement in a geriatric health assessment. We assessed 10 gait performance measures with a plantar pressure platform system (P-WALK, BTS Bioengineering) and calculated means and coefficient of variations (CVs) of the gait measures as well as quintiles for those gait parameters per age group among men and women. Results Mean (SDs) of gait speed, stride length, step width, and stance durations were 1.26 (0.24) meters per second (m/s), 121.9 (19.8) cm, 24.0 (3.2) cm, and 552.4 (60.4) milliseconds (ms), respectively, in men, and 1.27 (0.21) m/s, 115.7 (16.3) cm, 17.9 (2.8) cm, and 517.6 (59.8) ms, respectively, in women. Mean of CVs (SD) of stride length, step width, and single-stance duration were 2.76 (1.35), 12.06 (3.98), and 5.74 (2.66), respectively, in men and 2.69 (1.24), 15.65 (4.53), and 5.77 (2.40), respectively, in women. Gait parameters (except CVs of step width) declined significantly with age regardless of gender (P< 0.01 for trends). Conclusion This study determined age group dependent gait parameter reference values, presented as means with quintile ranges, in community-dwelling older Japanese adults. These reference values may be useful metrics for gait assessment in the elderly.
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- medicine.medical_specialty
Activities of daily living
business.industry
Plantar pressure
General Medicine
Health outcomes
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Gait (human)
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Gait analysis
Reference values
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Cognitive decline
business
human activities
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Metre per second
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11781998
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Interventions in Aging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e776f3cb2b313a86672c989b858bd98e