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Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults

Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults

Published on: November 7, 2014

Age affects the relationships between kinematics and postural stability during gait.

Annagh Macie¹, Taylor Matson¹, Alison Schinkel-Ivy¹

¹School of Physical & Health Education, Nipissing University, 100 College Drive, P.O. Box 5002, North Bay, Ontario P1B 8L7, Canada.

|March 20, 2023

Summary

Age impacts how joint movements relate to balance during walking. Younger adults show stronger hip connections, while older adults have stronger ankle connections, potentially predicting gait issues.

Keywords:

Aging Gait Kinematics Older adults Postural stability

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Area of Science:

Biomechanics of human locomotion
Gerontology and aging research
Gait analysis and postural control

Background:

Previous research linked joint kinematics and stability in static/sit-to-stand tasks.
These relationships during gait and their age-related changes remain underexplored.
Understanding age-related gait changes is crucial for early intervention and preventing functional decline.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how age influences the relationships between joint kinematics and postural stability during gait.
To identify age-specific patterns in the coupling between lower extremity/trunk movements and stability margins.

Main Methods:

Utilized 3D motion capture data from 48 participants (19 younger, 29 older) during overground gait.
Derived lower extremity joint angles, trunk segment angles, and margins of stability (MoS).
Cross-correlated kinematic and MoS signals across the gait cycle, comparing relationship strengths between age groups.

Main Results:

Significant age differences in mediolateral ankle-trunk relationships, with older adults showing greater magnitude and clustering.
Hip relationships differed in both directions, stronger in younger adults.
Trunk kinematics showed opposite anteroposterior relationships between groups.

Conclusions:

Age-related differences exist in the coupling between gait kinematics and postural stability.
Stronger hip-stability coupling in younger adults and ankle-stability coupling in older adults were observed.
These kinematic-stability relationships may serve as early biomarkers for gait impairment and intervention effectiveness.