视觉搜索和跨越障碍物对老年人步行表现的影响
Shuwen Jia1, Umar Muhammad Bello2,3, Roberto Manduchi4
1School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR.
Scientific reports
|July 2, 2025
概括
双重任务行走挑战了老年人,影响了步伐速度和步伐. 步行评估显示出中等至优异的可靠性,突出了提高安全性的双重任务研究的必要性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 老年人经常经历步态和认知障碍.
- 双重任务,如障碍物谈判或视觉扫描,加剧了这些挑战.
- 了解这些影响对于预防跌倒和保持移动性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查跨越障碍物和视觉搜索对老年人步行表现的影响.
- 为了评估双重任务条件下的步态评估的测试-重新测试可靠性.
主要方法:
- 对18名健康的老年人进行了行走分析,使用3D运动捕捉.
- 参与者在单任务 (没有障碍物,视觉固定) 和双任务 (障碍物,视觉搜索) 条件下完成了步行任务.
- 统计分析包括通用估计方程和类内相关系数.
主要成果:
- 穿越障碍物显著降低了步行速度,延长了摇摆阶段,增加了头部运动.
- 视觉搜索减少了步行速度,缩短了步伐长度,减少了部延伸.
- 障碍物和视觉任务的组合并没有比单个任务产生更大的负面影响;大多数步行参数显示出良好的可靠性.
结论:
- 越过障碍物和视觉搜索是有效的双重任务,挑战老年人的步行能力.
- 步行评估显示出可靠的结果,支持其在临床和研究环境中使用.
- 对双重任务步行的进一步研究对于开发旨在增强老年人群移动性和安全性的干预措施至关重要.
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