Natalie Ganz1, Eran Gazit1, Nir Giladi1,2, Robert J Dawe3,4, Anat Mirelman1,5, Aron S Buchman3,6, Jeffrey M Hausdorff7,8. 1. Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel. 2. Department of Neurology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 3. Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. 4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. 5. Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 6. Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. 7. Department of Physical Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 8. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Wearable sensors are increasingly employed to quantify diverse aspects of mobility. We developed novel tandem walking (TW) metrics, validated these measures using data from community-dwelling older adults, and evaluated their association with mobility disability and measures of gait and postural control. METHODS: Six hundred ninety-three community-dwelling older adults (age: 78.69 ± 7.12 years) wore a 3D accelerometer on their lower back while performing 3 tasks: TW, usual-walking, and quiet standing. Six new measures of TW were extracted from the sensor data along with the clinician's conventional assessment of TW missteps (ie, trip other loss of balance in which recovery occurred to prevent a fall) and duration. Principal component analysis transformed the 6 new TW measures into 2 summary TW composite factors. Logistic regression models evaluated whether these TW factors were independently associated with mobility disability. RESULTS: Both TW factors were moderately related to the TW conventional measures (r < 0.454, p < .001) and were mildly correlated with usual-walking (r < 0.195, p < .001) and standing, postural control (r < 0.119, p < .001). The TW frequency composite factor (p = .008), but not TW complexity composite factor (p = .246), was independently associated with mobility disability in a model controlling for age, sex, body mass index, race, conventional measures of TW, and other measures of gait and postural control. CONCLUSIONS: Sensor-derived TW metrics expand the characterization of gait and postural control and suggest that they reflect a relatively independent domain of mobility. Further work is needed to determine if these metrics improve risk stratification for other adverse outcomes (eg, falls and incident disability) in older adults.
BACKGROUND: Wearable sensors are increasingly employed to quantify diverse aspects of mobility. We developed novel tandem walking (TW) metrics, validated these measures using data from community-dwelling older adults, and evaluated their association with mobility disability and measures of gait and postural control. METHODS: Six hundred ninety-three community-dwelling older adults (age: 78.69 ± 7.12 years) wore a 3D accelerometer on their lower back while performing 3 tasks: TW, usual-walking, and quiet standing. Six new measures of TW were extracted from the sensor data along with the clinician's conventional assessment of TW missteps (ie, trip other loss of balance in which recovery occurred to prevent a fall) and duration. Principal component analysis transformed the 6 new TW measures into 2 summary TW composite factors. Logistic regression models evaluated whether these TW factors were independently associated with mobility disability. RESULTS: Both TW factors were moderately related to the TW conventional measures (r < 0.454, p < .001) and were mildly correlated with usual-walking (r < 0.195, p < .001) and standing, postural control (r < 0.119, p < .001). The TW frequency composite factor (p = .008), but not TW complexity composite factor (p = .246), was independently associated with mobility disability in a model controlling for age, sex, body mass index, race, conventional measures of TW, and other measures of gait and postural control. CONCLUSIONS: Sensor-derived TW metrics expand the characterization of gait and postural control and suggest that they reflect a relatively independent domain of mobility. Further work is needed to determine if these metrics improve risk stratification for other adverse outcomes (eg, falls and incident disability) in older adults.
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