Variations in gait features in elderly adults during walking considering their balance
Biomedical Engineering Letters
; (4): 333-338, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of balance on the spatiotemporal features, lower-limb kinematics, and center of mass (COM) of the non-faller elderly during walking. In this study, 20 healthy elderly women (age, 76.2 ± 5.6 years; height, 150.1 ± 3.2 cm; weight, 55.8 ± 9.0 kg) were enrolled. Based on the Berg balance scale (BBS), the elderly were classified into two groups: poor balance (PB; BBS scores 0.05). The ROM of the mediolateral COM was greater in PB than in GB. Hip transversal movements in the two groups were different. The impairment of the lateral balance function might contribute to an increase in the incidence of fall events in the elderly with poor balance.
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Assunto principal:
Fenômenos Biomecânicos
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Incidência
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Amplitude de Movimento Articular
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Caminhada
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Marcha
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Quadril
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Biomedical Engineering Letters
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article