在老年人中不平坦地形行走时步行速度变化的相关值:认知和感觉运动功能的不同作用
Valay A Shah1,2, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida3,4, Arkaprava Roy5
1Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, FLG 80, 1864 Stadium Road, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. valay.shah@ufl.edu.
Experimental brain research
|February 20, 2025
概括
年龄较大的成年人.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 社区行走涉及复杂的地形,与受控实验室设置不同.
- 老龄化会影响行走功能,特别是在不均的表面上.
- 双重任务研究往往忽视了现实世界的地形挑战.
研究的目的:
- 研究老年人的感觉运动和认知功能如何预测在不平坦地形上行走的变化.
- 为了比较传感运动与认知功能的预测能力,以对地形进行步行调整.
- 识别在具有挑战性的表面上导致步态下降的因素.
主要方法:
- 63名老年人 (65-93岁) 在逐渐不平坦的地形 (平坦到高) 上行走.
- 评估认知功能 (灵活性,工作记忆,抑制) 和感觉运动功能 (握力,触觉区分,疼痛值).
- 分析了跨地形条件的步行速度变化及其与认知/感官运动措施的相关性.
主要成果:
- 步行速度随着地形不均的增加线性下降.
- 这种下降在流动性较低的人群中更为明显.
- 较大的速度下降与较差的注意力,抑制和触觉感官功能有关.
结论:
- 感官运动和认知功能,特别是体感和执行功能,对于在不平坦的地形上保持步行稳定至关重要.
- 这些功能与年龄相关的下降有助于复杂环境中的步行不稳定.
- 未来的干预措施应针对感觉运动和执行功能,以改善老年人的社区行走.
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