ArticleGait & posture2018
Aging effects on leg joint variability during walking with balance perturbations.
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- Lower extremity joint compensatory effects during the first recovery step following slipping and stumbling perturbations in young and older subjects.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Targeting CNS Neural Mechanisms of Gait in Stroke Neurorehabilitation.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Quantifying the effect of sagittal plane joint angle variability on bipedal fall risk.PloS one · 2022Article
- Investigating the Microchannel Architectures Inside the Subchondral Bone in Relation to Estimated Hip Reaction Forces on the Human Femoral Head.Calcified tissue international · 2021Article
- Age-related differences in gait adaptations during overground walking with and without visual perturbations using a virtual reality headset.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Can optical flow perturbations detect walking balance impairment in people with multiple sclerosis?PloS one · 2020Article
- Interactions Between Different Age-Related Factors Affecting Balance Control in Walking.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- The effects of cognitive load and optical flow on antagonist leg muscle coactivation during walking for young and older adults.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2019Article
- Kinematic on Ankle and Knee Joint of Post-Stroke Elderly Patients by Wearing Newly Elastic Band-Type Ankle-Foot Orthosis in Gait.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOlder adults are more susceptible to balance perturbations during walking than young adults. However, we lack an individual joint-level understanding of how aging affects the neuromechanical strategies used to accommodate balance perturbations. RESEARCH QUESTION: We investigated gait phase-dependence in and aging effects on leg joint kinematic variability during walking with balance perturbations. We hypothesized that leg joint variability would: 1) vary across the gait cycle and 2) increase with balance perturbations. We also hypothesized that perturbation effects on leg joint kinematic variability would be larger and more pervasive in older versus young adults.
methodsWe collected leg joint kinematics in young and older adults walking with and without mediolateral optical flow perturbations of different amplitudes.
resultsWe first found that leg joint variability during walking is gait phase-dependent, with step-to-step adjustments occurring predominantly during push-off and early swing. Second, young adults accommodated perturbations almost exclusively by increasing coronal plane hip joint variability, likely to adjust step width. Third, perturbations elicited larger and more pervasive increases in all joint kinematic outcome measures in older adults. Finally, we also provide insight into which joints contribute more to foot placement variability in walking, adding that variability in sagittal plane knee and coronal plane hip joint angles contributed most to that in step length and step width, respectively. SIGNIFICANCE: Taken together, our findings may be highly relevant to identifying specific joint-level therapeutic targets to mitigate balance impairment in our aging population.
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