Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Sensors (Basel). 2013 Dec 27;14(1):443-57. doi: 10.3390/s140100443.
In order to distinguish dysfunctional gait, clinicians require a measure of reference gait parameters for each population. This study provided normative values for widely used parameters in more than 1,400 able-bodied adults over the age of 65. We also measured the foot clearance parameters (i.e., height of the foot above ground during swing phase) that are crucial to understand the complex relationship between gait and falls as well as obstacle negotiation strategies. We used a shoe-worn inertial sensor on each foot and previously validated algorithms to extract the gait parameters during 20 m walking trials in a corridor at a self-selected pace. We investigated the difference of the gait parameters between male and female participants by considering the effect of age and height factors. Besides; we examined the inter-relation of the clearance parameters with the gait speed. The sample size and breadth of gait parameters provided in this study offer a unique reference resource for the researchers.
为了区分功能失调的步态,临床医生需要为每个人群提供参考步态参数的衡量标准。本研究为 1400 多名 65 岁以上的健全成年人提供了广泛使用的参数的正常值。我们还测量了足离地间隙参数(即在摆动阶段脚离地的高度),这些参数对于理解步态与跌倒之间以及障碍物穿越策略之间的复杂关系至关重要。我们在每个脚上使用了一个穿戴在鞋上的惯性传感器,并使用经过验证的算法在走廊中以自选速度进行 20 米行走试验中提取步态参数。我们通过考虑年龄和身高因素的影响,研究了步态参数在男性和女性参与者之间的差异。此外,我们还检查了离地间隙参数与步态速度之间的相互关系。本研究中提供的样本量和广泛的步态参数为研究人员提供了一个独特的参考资源。