ReviewEuropean review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity2019
Walking with rollator: a systematic review of gait parameters in older persons.
Review in European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06041100 (Assessing the Long-term Effects of Wearing a Lower-limb Exoskeleton on Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Pre-frail Adults - a Feasibility Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.
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Assessing the Long-term Effects of Wearing a Lower-limb Exoskeleton on Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Pre-frail Adults - a Feasibility Study
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Active robotic assistance for standing and sitting: experimental evaluation of handle trajectories.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Promotion and preservation of mobility and autonomy in old age through smart rollators-a qualitative study.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Blinded gait assessment in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: reliability and correlation with clinical and patient-reported outcomes.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Intrarater and Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Non-frail, Pre-frail, and Frail Older Adults in Residential Care Homes.Physical therapy · 2025Article
- The central nervous system adjusts muscle synergy structure and tightly controls rollator-supported transitions between sitting and standing.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Early Postoperative Gait Analysis in Elderly Patients Following Hip Fracture Surgery.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Gender-Specific Patterns of Injury in Older Adults After a Fall from a Four-Wheeled Walker (Rollator): Retrospective Study from a Swiss Level 1 Trauma Centre.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Real-World Gait Detection Using a Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor: Validation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Rollator usage lets young individuals switch movement strategies in sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Changes in Distance between a Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton User and Four-Wheeled Walker during Gait in Level and Slope Conditions: Implications for Fall Prevention Systems.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gait biomechanics after proximal femoral nailing of intertrochanteric fractures.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Article
- The Potential for Effect of a Six-Week Training Program for Gait Aid Use in Older People with Dementia with Unsteadiness of Gait: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Identification of characteristics of foot position and angle during swing phase in fallers using principal component analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Gait parameters when walking with or without rollator on different surface characteristics: a pilot study among healthy individuals.BMC research notes · 2022Article
- Young Individuals Are More Stable and Stand More Upright When Using Rollator Assistance During Standing up and Sitting Down.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Versatile GCH Control Software for Correction of Loads Applied to Forearm Crutches During Gait Recovery Through Technological Feedback: Development and Implementation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Observational
- Evaluation of Physical Interaction during Walker-Assisted Gait with the AGoRA Walker: Strategies Based on Virtual Mechanical Stiffness.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Assessment of a Robotic Walker in Older Adults With Parkinson's Disease in Daily Living Activities.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2021Article
- Concurrent Validity, Test-Retest Reliability, and Sensitivity to Change of a Single Body-Fixed Sensor for Gait Analysis during Rollator-Assisted Walking in Acute Geriatric Patients.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Are older people putting themselves at risk when using their walking frames?BMC geriatrics · 2020Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe aging population increasingly needs assistive technologies, such as rollators, to function and live less dependently. Rollators are designed to decrease the risk of falls by improving the gait mechanics of their users. However, data on the biomechanics of rollator assisted gait of older adults are limited, or mostly derived from experiments with younger adults. METHODS AND
resultsThis review summarises the data from 18 independent studies on the kinematic and kinetic gait parameters of assisted gait of older persons. All of these studies evaluated spatio-temporal parameters, but not joint angles or moments.
conclusionDue to the limited research on rollator supported gait in older adults, the number of parameters that could be analysed in this systematic review was restricted. Further research in the analysis of spatio-temporal parameters and a higher standardisation in clinical research will be necessary.
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