ArticleGait & posture2019
Reduced vestibular function is associated with longer, slower steps in healthy adults during normal speed walking.
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- Associations Between Vestibular Function and White Matter Microstructure in Healthy Older Adults.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Vestibular perceptual learning improves self-motion perception, posture, and gait in older adults.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Vestibular Function is Associated with Prefrontal and Sensorimotor Cortical Gray Matter Volumes in a Cross-Sectional Study of Healthy, Older Adults.Aperture neuro · 2024Article
- The ground reaction force pattern during walking under vestibular-demanding task with/without mastoid vibration: implication for future sensorimotor training in astronauts.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Instrumented insoles for assessment of gait in patients with vestibular schwannoma.Wearable technologies · 2023Article
- Spatial orientation, postural control and the vestibular system in healthy elderly and Alzheimer's dementia.PeerJ · 2023Review
- Falling Short: The Contribution of Central Insulin Receptors to Gait Dysregulation in Brain Aging.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Comparison of Gait Parameters during Forward Walking under Different Visual Conditions Using Inertial Motion Sensors.Yonsei medical journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundVestibular signals contribute to balance and walking. With aging, vestibular function declines and gait speed decreases. Vestibular loss contributes to decreasing gait speed, but this influence could be linked to spatial and/or temporal aspects of gait. We investigated the relationship between vestibular function (semicircular canal and otolith function) and spatial and temporal gait parameters in a cohort of adults.
methods113 community-dwelling healthy adults (mean age 72.2 (14.6) years) participating in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging were tested. Horizontal semicircular canal (SCC) function was evaluated using quantitative vestibulo-ocular reflex gain. Otolith function was measured with cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. Gait kinematics were collected during normal speed walking. Multiple linear regressions examined the association between spatial and temporal gait parameters and SCC and otolith function separately, controlling for age, gender, height, and either cadence (for spatial gait outcomes) or stride length (for temporal gait outcomes) to account for gait speed effects.
resultsVestibular SCC function was significantly associated with both spatial and temporal gait parameters. Every 0.1 decrease in SCC function resulted in longer stride length (β = -.04 m, p = 0.004), longer stance time (β = 15.8 ms, p < 0.003), and a slower cadence (β = -2.1 steps/minute, p < 0.001). Otolith function was not associated with any gait parameter.
conclusionsReduced horizontal SCC function was associated with longer, slower steps in a cohort of healthy adults. These results indicate that vestibular signals contribute to specific spatial and temporal aspects of gait thought to contribute to upright balance.
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