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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023

Instrumental evaluation of gait smoothness and history of falling in older persons: results from an exploratory case-control study.

Alberto Zucchelli, Daniela Lucente, Chiara Filippini, Alessandra Marengoni, Nicola Francesco Lopomo

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2023. 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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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alberto ZucchelliDepartment of Information Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Viale Branze 38, 25100, Brescia, Italy. a.zucchelli001@unibs.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-8506
Daniela LucenteGeriatric Medicine Residency School, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Chiara FilippiniGeriatric Medicine Residency School, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Alessandra MarengoniAging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nicola Francesco LopomoDepartment of Information Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Viale Branze 38, 25100, Brescia, Italy.
University of Brescia · ITKarolinska Institutet · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gait smoothness, perceived when a person walks continuously and uninterruptedly, is associated with an undisrupted gait pattern, good sensorimotor control, and a lower risk of falling. The spectral arc length (SPARC) is a quantitative metric proposed for the evaluation of movement smoothness from the signal obtained by wearable sensors. In this small exploratory case-control study, older persons with and without a history of injurious falls underwent a turn-test while wearing an accelerometer: gait smoothness was estimated by calculating SPARC during the straight and turning phases. Cases seemed to exhibit lower SPARC values during the turning phase, in comparison with control.

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GaitWalkingAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesHumansMovementFall riskGait smoothnessOlder personsSPARC

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PMID37071388
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