Theresa Hirsch1,2, Jasmin Lampe3, Katrin Michalk3, Lotte Röder3, Karoline Munsch3, Jonas Marquardt3. 1. Studiengang MSc Ergotherapie, Logopädie, Physiotherapie, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hildesheim, Deutschland. bewegungslabor.fs@hawk-hhg.de. 2. , Hohnsen, 31134, Hildesheim, Deutschland. bewegungslabor.fs@hawk-hhg.de. 3. Studiengang MSc Ergotherapie, Logopädie, Physiotherapie, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hildesheim, Deutschland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It can be assumed that the feeling of gait stability or gait instability in the elderly may be independent of a possible fear of falling or a history of falling when walking. Up to now, there has been a lack of spatiotemporal gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to analyse the distribution of various gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, the gait parameters stride time, step time, stride length, step length, double support, single support, and walking speed were measured using a Vicon three-dimensional motion capture system (Plug-In Gait Lower-Body Marker Set) in 31 healthy people aged 65 years and older (mean age 72 ± 3.54 years) who subjectively feel secure when walking. RESULTS: There was a homogeneous distribution in the gait parameters examined, with no abnormalities. The mean values have a low variance with narrow confidence intervals. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that people who subjectively feel secure when walking demonstrate similarly objective gait parameters..
BACKGROUND: It can be assumed that the feeling of gait stability or gait instability in the elderly may be independent of a possible fear of falling or a history of falling when walking. Up to now, there has been a lack of spatiotemporal gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to analyse the distribution of various gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, the gait parameters stride time, step time, stride length, step length, double support, single support, and walking speed were measured using a Vicon three-dimensional motion capture system (Plug-In Gait Lower-Body Marker Set) in 31 healthy people aged 65 years and older (mean age 72 ± 3.54 years) who subjectively feel secure when walking. RESULTS: There was a homogeneous distribution in the gait parameters examined, with no abnormalities. The mean values have a low variance with narrow confidence intervals. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that people who subjectively feel secure when walking demonstrate similarly objective gait parameters..
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