老年人表现出较少的光滑,尽管增加了谨慎比年轻的成年人,当导航转在行走过程中
Kevin Lima1, Andrew D Shelton1, Jessica L Allen2
1Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill & NC State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Human movement science
|January 17, 2025
概括
与年轻的成年人相比,老年人在图8行走测试 (F8W) 中表现出不太顺的转向移动性. 尽管采用了谨慎的策略,但在转时,它们的运动质量和稳定性会下降.
科学领域:
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 人类运动科学科学 人类运动科学
背景情况:
- 直线行走研究是常见的,但日常行走涉及复杂的动态,如转动.
- 图8的行走测试 (F8W) 提供了一种临床上可行的方法来评估转动移动性.
- 了解与年龄相关的转身差异对于社区行走至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查F8W期间与年龄相关的对路径特征的影响.
- 为了评估与年龄相关的移动性转动的平滑性差异,使用正常化的质量中心震动.
- 为了比较年长和年轻的成年人在F8W上的表现.
主要方法:
- 招募了30名老年人和31名年轻的成年人参加F8W步行测试.
- 分析了路径特征 (长度,速度) 和转动平滑度 (正常化的质量中心冲动).
- 在两个年龄组之间比较F8W性能指标.
主要成果:
- 与年轻人相比,老年人在F8W期间表现出更长的路径和更慢的速度.
- 年长的成年人表现出增加的正常化质量中心抽动,表明光滑度较低.
- 这些发现表明,在老年人中,更谨慎,但不太稳定的转向策略更为重要.
结论:
- 老年人在转时采取谨慎的策略 (更长,更宽的路径),但运动质量降低.
- 尽管谨慎,但老年人在F8W转时表现出减少的光滑性和可能较低的稳定性.
- 与年龄相关的转向流动性下降会影响安全的社区行走.
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