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ArticlePloS one2019

How do novice and improver walkers move in their home environments? An open-sourced infant's gait video analysis.

Jitka Marencakova, Carina Price, Tomas Maly, Frantisek Zahalka, Christopher Nester

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Jitka MarencakovaSport Research Centre, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1981-818X
Carina PriceResearch Centre of Health Sciences, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom.
Tomas MalySport Research Centre, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5439-6766
Frantisek ZahalkaSport Research Centre, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9972-7637
Christopher NesterResearch Centre of Health Sciences, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

objectiveNatural independent walking mostly occurs during infant´s everyday explorations of their home environment. Gait characteristics of infant walkers at different developmental stages exist in literature, however, data has been only collected in laboratory environments, which may reduce gait variability, therefore mask differences between developmental stages of natural gait. The aim of the study was to provide the first data set of temporal and functional gait characteristics of novice and improver infant walkers in familiar environment conditions in their home. We hypothesised that familiar environment conditions may effectively demonstrate natural gait characteristics and real differences in gait variables differing between 2 groups of developing infant walkers.

methodsIn a cross-sectional design; we used open-source videos of infants in their home environments: twenty videos of 10 novice (5 girls, 5 boys, 7-12 months) and 10 improver (4 girls, 6 boys, 8-13 months) walkers were chosen from an open-source website. 2-D video gait analysis was undertaken for these parameters: falls frequency, frequency of stops, gait cadence, and time of stance phase, swing phase, and double support. Between groups comparison for novice versus improver was investigated by Mann-Whitney U tests (p ≤ 0.05) with determination of effect size of Pearson r correlation.

resultsStatistically significant differences between groups with large effect sizes were found for these parameters: falls frequency (p = 0.01, r = 0.56); cadence (p = 0.01, r = 0.57); stance phase duration of right leg (p < 0.01, r = 0.63); stance phase duration of left leg (p = 0.01, r = 0.56); and double support phase duration (p < 0.01, r = 0.69). Novices scored higher in comparison with improver walkers in all the parameters except cadence.

conclusionsThis study presents the first data set of functional and temporal gait parameters of novice and improver infant walkers in their home environments. As an addition to recent research, novice infants walk with lower cadence and higher falls frequency, stance phase time and double support in their familiar environments. With increasing experiences, infant´s cadence increases while the other parameters decrease.

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Accidental FallsChild DevelopmentCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmentFemaleGaitGait AnalysisHumansInfantInfant BehaviorMalePostural BalanceResidence CharacteristicsVideo RecordingWalking

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