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Gait and its components in typically developing preschoolers.

Evi Verbecque¹, Luc Vereeck¹, Paul Van de Heyning²

¹Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Motor Centre Antwerp (M²OCEAN), University of Antwerp, Belgium.

|August 28, 2017

Summary

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This study identified key gait components in preschoolers, finding that "robustness" in gait is linked to balance control. This suggests gait analysis can aid in assessing balance in young children.

Keywords:

Balance Child Child Preschool Gait variability Principal component analysis

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Area of Science:

Pediatric gait analysis
Motor control in children
Biomechanical assessment

Background:

Understanding spatio-temporal gait components is crucial for assessing motor development in preschoolers.
Gait characteristics can provide insights into underlying balance control mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify key spatio-temporal gait components in preschool-aged children.
To correlate these gait components with functional balance test results.

Main Methods:

Thirty-three typically developing children walked on a treadmill at varying speeds.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to analyze gait parameters (step time, length, width, speed, variability).
Pearson correlation coefficients assessed relationships between PCA components and Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) test scores.

Main Results:

PCA identified three gait components: maturation, variability, and robustness.
The 'robustness' component, characterized by mean step time, BMI, and mean step width, showed a weak but significant correlation with the PBS scores.
Gait variability was also identified as a significant component.

Conclusions:

The gait component 'robustness' appears complementary to functional balance assessments in preschoolers.
This suggests that specific spatio-temporal gait characteristics are relevant for evaluating balance control in this age group.