ArticleJournal of biomechanics2020
The impact of obesity on gait stability in older adults.
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- Prevalence and Trends of Slow Gait Speed in the United States.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Development of soft tissue asymmetry indicators to characterize aging and functional mobility.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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- Determination of the Predictors with the Greatest Influence on Walking in the Elderly.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Nonlinear Dynamic Measures of Walking in Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Effect of Body Composition on Gait Variability Varies with Age: Interaction by Hierarchical Moderated Regression Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Bariatric surgery and exercise: A pilot study on postural stability in obese individuals.PloS one · 2022Article
- Social Capital as a Mediator through the Effect of Education on Depression and Obesity among the Elderly in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Older but not younger adults rely on multijoint coordination to stabilize the swinging limb when performing a novel cued walking task.Experimental brain research · 2020Article
- Postural Stability in Obese Preoperative Bariatric Patients Using Static and Dynamic Evaluation.Obesity facts · 2020Article
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Abstract
Obesity increases fall risk, and fall-related injuries in older adults. While prior work suggests obesity influences postural stability during standing, little is known about how obesity affects walking stability. Therefore, this study compared walking stability in older adults with and without obesity. Exploratory analyses were also conducted to evaluate the associations between measures of body habitus and gait stability as well as the association between prospective stumbles and falls and gait stability. A total of 34 older adults (17 with obesity, 17 with normal weight) walked on a treadmill at a self-selected speed. Walking stability was quantified as the local dynamic stability of the trunk in all three planes of motion. Participants also performed a series of functional tests, and were followed for a one-year period during which they reported falls and stumbles. Although participants with obesity performed significantly worse than participants without obesity on most functional tests, there were no differences in stability between groups in any direction (p = 0.18-0.78; η
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