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Gait Characteristics of Adults With Intellectual Disability
- Source :
- AJIDD-American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 123(3), 283-299. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Gait is a relevant and complex aspect of motor functioning. Disturbances are related to negative health outcomes. Gait characteristics of 31 adults with intellectual disability (ID) without Down syndrome (DS) (42.77±16.70 years) were investigated, and associations with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and level of ID were assessed. Sex and BMI were significantly associated with some of the gait parameters, while age and level of ID were not. Gait characteristics of adults with ID seem to be comparable to those of the general population of older adults (average 20 years older), except that adults with ID seem to spend less time in stance and double support phase and walk more variable and with a broader base of support.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
030506 rehabilitation
Down syndrome
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
Double support phase
Severity of Illness Index
Body Mass Index
Correlation
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Gait (human)
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Sex Factors
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
education
Gait
Aged
Psychomotor learning
education.field_of_study
Age Factors
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Biomechanical Phenomena
Psychiatry and Mental health
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Body mass index
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19447515
- Volume :
- 123
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a1a9335f45be148b3b222658369bf6b6