ArticlePloS one2019
Does variability of footfall kinematics correlate with dynamic stability of the centre of mass during walking?
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- Barefoot walking is more stable in the gait of balance recovery in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Identifying the Effects of Age and Speed on Whole-Body Gait Symmetry by Using a Single Wearable Sensor.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Margin of Stability May Be Larger and Less Variable during Treadmill Walking Versus Overground.Biomechanics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Rhythmic auditory stimuli modulate movement recovery in response to perturbation during locomotion.The Journal of experimental biology · 2021Article
- Adapting Footfall Rhythmicity to Auditory Perturbations Affects Resilience of Locomotor Behavior: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Mediolateral damping of an overhead body weight support system assists stability during treadmill walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Article
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Abstract
A stable walking pattern is presumably essential to avoid falls. Stability of walking is most accurately determined by the short-term local dynamic stability (maximum Lyapunov exponent) of the body centre of mass. In many studies related to fall risk, however, variability of step width is considered to be indicative of the stability of the centre of mass during walking. However, other footfall parameters, in particular variability of stride time, have also been associated with increased risk for falling. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between short-term local dynamic stability of the body centre of mass and different measures of footfall variability. Twenty subjects performed unperturbed walking trials on a treadmill and under increased (addition of 40% body weight) and decreased (harness system) demands to stabilise the body centre of mass. Association between stability of the centre of mass and footfall parameters was established using a structural equation model. Walking with additional body weight lead to greater instability of the centre of mass and increased stride time variability, however had no effect on step width variability. Supported walking in the harness system did not increase centre of mass stability further, however, led to a significant decrease of step width and increase in stride time variability. A structural equation model could only predict 8% of the variance of the centre of mass stability after variability of step width, stride time and stride length were included. A model which included only step width variability as exogenous variable, failed to predict centre of mass stability. Because of the failure to predict centre of mass stability in this study, it appears, that the stability of the centre of mass is controlled by more complex interaction of sagittal and frontal plane temporal and spatial footfall parameters, than those observed by standard variability measures. Anyway, this study does not support the application of step width variability as indicator for medio-lateral stability of the centre of mass during walking.
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