Old adult fallers display reduced flexibility of arm and trunk movements when challenged with different walking speeds

Old adult fallers display reduced flexibility of arm and trunk movements when challenged with different walking speeds

Highlights • Fallers’ and non-fallers’ gait kinematics were measured at different walking speeds. • We focused on pelvis and thorax motions, and on their kinematic adaptations. • Changing walking speeds can expose different flexibility trends. • Fallers’ reduced flexibility might be related to susce...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gait & posture 2017-02, Vol.52, p.280-286
Hauptverfasser: Shishov, Natalie, Gimmon, Yoav, Rashad, Hisham, Kurz, Ilan, Riemer, Raziel, Shapiro, Amir, Debi, Ronen, Melzer, Itshak
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidental Falls
Adaptation, Physiological
Age Factors
Aged
Arm - physiology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise Test
Falls
Female
Flexibility
Gait
Humans
Kinematics
Male
Movement
Older adults
Orthopedics
Rigidity
Torso - physiology
Walking Speed
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Fallers’ and non-fallers’ gait kinematics were measured at different walking speeds. • We focused on pelvis and thorax motions, and on their kinematic adaptations. • Changing walking speeds can expose different flexibility trends. • Fallers’ reduced flexibility might be related to susceptibility to falls.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.12.004