ArticleJournal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions2021
Association between the Functional Gait Assessment and spatiotemporal gait parameters in individuals with obesity compared to normal weight controls: A proof-of-concept study.
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- A Systematic Review of the Influence of Overweight and Obesity across the Lifespan on Obstacle Crossing during Walking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- The Relationship between Joint Loading and Physical Activity Level in Middle-Aged Adults with Obesity, and the Role of Body Composition.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Article
- Optical Sensor-Based Approaches in Obesity Detection: A Literature Review of Gait Analysis, Pose Estimation, and Human Voxel Modeling.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impact of Overweight on Spatial-Temporal Gait Parameters During Obstacle Crossing in Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The impact of cavaletti height on dogs' walking speed and its implications for ground reaction forces.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Factors Mediating or Moderating the Effects of Obesity on Walking: Targeting Areas for Rehabilitation.Journal of motor behavior · 2024Article
- Weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with movement quality in overweight and obese older adults, independent of age.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with movement quality in overweight and obese older adults.Research square · 2023Article
- Obstacle clearance performance in individuals with high body mass index.Applied ergonomics · 2023Article
- Effect of Gait Alteration on Fatigability during Walking in Adult Women with High Body Fat Composition.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Changes in Gait Self-Efficacy, Fear of Falls, and Gait Four and Eight Months after Bariatric Surgery.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Effects of Overweight and Obesity on Obstacle Crossing During Walking: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesObesity is a significant global health concern that involves motor impairment, including deficits in gait and balance. A simple tool would be useful to capture gait and balance impairment in obesity. We assessed whether the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) captures impairment in individuals with obese BMI (≥30 kg/m
methodsFourteen individuals with obese BMI and twenty individuals of normal weight underwent the FGA. Spatiotemporal gait parameters were collected while participants walked on a pressure sensitive walkway under five conditions: pre-baseline (flat ground walking), crossing small, medium, and high obstacles, and final-baseline (flat ground walking).
resultsIndividuals with obesity had lower scores on the FGA (p≤0.001) and showed less efficient spatiotemporal gait parameters than healthy controls, particularly when crossing over obstacles (all ps≤0.05). For participants with obesity, lower FGA scores were associated with decreased gait velocity, but only during obstacle crossing (p≤0.05).
conclusionsThe FGA may be a useful tool to capture gait impairment in populations with obesity. Obstacles may help reveal meaningful gait impairments. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the FGA in individuals with obesity, and represents a proof-of-concept that motivates further validation studies.
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