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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

In-Shoe Sensor Measures of Loading Asymmetry during Gait as a Predictor of Frailty Development in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Tatsuya Nakanowatari, Masayuki Hoshi, Akihiko Asao, Toshimasa Sone, Naoto Kamide, Miki Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Shiba

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. 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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Tatsuya NakanowatariDepartment of Physical Therapy, Fukushima Medical University School of Health Sciences, 10-6 Sakae-machi, Fukushima 960-8516, Fukushima, Japan.
Masayuki HoshiDepartment of Physical Therapy, Fukushima Medical University School of Health Sciences, 10-6 Sakae-machi, Fukushima 960-8516, Fukushima, Japan.
Akihiko AsaoDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Fukushima Medical University School of Health Sciences, 10-6 Sakae-machi, Fukushima 960-8516, Fukushima, Japan.
Toshimasa SoneDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Fukushima Medical University School of Health Sciences, 10-6 Sakae-machi, Fukushima 960-8516, Fukushima, Japan.
Naoto KamideSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0373, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1566-1015
Miki SakamotoSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0373, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yoshitaka ShibaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Fukushima Medical University School of Health Sciences, 10-6 Sakae-machi, Fukushima 960-8516, Fukushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5428-9784

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JSPS KAKENHI 20K19381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical walk tests may not predict the development of frailty in healthy older adults. With advancements in wearable technology, it may be possible to predict the development of frailty using loading asymmetry parameters during clinical walk tests. This prospective cohort study aimed to test the hypothesis that increased limb loading asymmetry predicts frailty risk in community-living older adults. Sixty-three independently ambulant community-living adults aged ≥ 65 years were recruited, and forty-seven subjects completed the ten-month follow-up after baseline. Loading asymmetry index of net and regional (forefoot, midfoot, and rearfoot) plantar forces were collected using force sensing insoles during a 10 m walk test with their maximum speed. Development of frailty was defined if the participant progressed from baseline at least one grading group of frailty at the follow-up period using the Kihon Checklist. Fourteen subjects developed frailty during the follow-up period. Increased risk of frailty was associated with each 1% increase in loading asymmetry of net impulse (Odds ratio 1.153, 95%CI 1.001 to 1.329). Net impulse asymmetry significantly correlated with asymmetry of peak force in midfoot force. These results indicate the feasibility of measuring plantar forces of gait during clinical walking tests and underscore the potential of using load asymmetry as a tool to augment frailty risk assessment in community-dwelling older adults.

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FrailtyGaitIndependent LivingAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFrail ElderlyHumansMaleProspective StudiesShoesWalkingWearable Electronic Devicesasymmetryfrailtygaitplantar forcewearable sensor

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PMCPMC11314663

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