ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2019
Effects of Compliant Flooring on Dynamic Balance and Gait Characteristics of Community-dwelling Older Persons.
Article in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Dual-scale assessment of motor dysfunction in older adults with locomotor dysfunction and its association with gait and muscle activation.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- The correlation of gait and muscle activation characteristics with locomotion dysfunction grade in elderly individuals.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCompliant flooring while providing the impact force attenuation in the event of falls, its low stiffness characteristic might impair balance and gait which consequently resulted in an increase in the risk of falling.
objectiveTo investigate the effects of compliant flooring on dynamic balance and gait performance of older adults under challenging conditions. DESIGN AND
participantsA cross-sectional designed with repeated measured. Thirty five community-dwelling older adults (mean age 74.91 ± 6.51 yrs) participated in this study. MEASUREMENT: Modified Dynamic Gait Index (mDGI) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) were used to assess dynamic balance. Spatio-temporal gait parameters were measured under comfortable and maximal speed. All tests were administered on the vinyl and compliant flooring in random order.
resultsThe time taken to complete TUG and the mDGI scores were similar between the two flooring types (p ≥ 0.05). Overall, gait characteristics were comparable when walking on the compliant and vinyl flooring for both speeds except for swing time, step time, and cadence.
conclusionThe present study demonstrated that compliant flooring did not significantly affect dynamic balance and had minimal effects on gait characteristics. The compliant flooring appears to be safe for installing in self-ambulating older adult's home.
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