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Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults
Published on: November 7, 2014
Age-associated changes of walking parameters in Japanese adult women
1University of Electro-Communications, Health and Physical Education, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Tokyo 1828585Japan, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, 182-8585, 81-42-443-5583, 81-42-4435590, University of Electro-Communications, Health and Physical Education, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, 182-8585, 81-42-4435583, 81-42-4435590 ; kikkawa@mce.uec.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to clarify the age-associated changes in walking movements. A two-dimensional movement analysis was conducted on a sample of 177 healthy women aged 19 to 82 years, with performance-descriptors, kinematics and kinetics as the parameters. An analysis of covariance, with the gait velocity as covariate and the categorized age group as a fixed factor, was adopted to examine the differences in each parameter among eight age groups. We conclude that age-associated changes in walking movement occur due to the essential ageing effect in the walking, rather than due to differences in the physique or decrease of the gait velocity.
