IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2024 Jan;71(1):130-138. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2023.3293752. Epub 2023 Dec 22.
Walking is a key component of daily-life mobility. We examined associations between laboratory-measured gait quality and daily-life mobility through Actigraphy and Global Positioning System (GPS). We also assessed the relationship between two modalities of daily-life mobility i.e., Actigraphy and GPS.
In community-dwelling older adults (N = 121, age = 77±5 years, 70% female, 90% white), we obtained gait quality from a 4-m instrumented walkway (gait speed, walk-ratio, variability) and accelerometry during 6-Minute Walk (adaptability, similarity, smoothness, power, and regularity). Physical activity measures of step-count and intensity were captured from an Actigraph. Time out-of-home, vehicular time, activity-space, and circularity were quantified using GPS. Partial Spearman correlations between laboratory gait quality and daily-life mobility were calculated. Linear regression was used to model step-count as a function of gait quality. ANCOVA and Tukey analysis compared GPS measures across activity groups [high, medium, low] based on step-count. Age, BMI, and sex were used as covariates.
Greater gait speed, adaptability, smoothness, power, and lower regularity were associated with higher step-counts (0.20<|ρ| < 0.26, p < .05). Age(β = -0.37), BMI(β = -0.30), speed(β = 0.14), adaptability(β = 0.20), and power(β = 0.18), explained 41.2% variance in step-count. Gait characteristics were not related to GPS measures. Participants with high (>4800 steps) compared to low activity (steps<3100) spent more time out-of-home (23 vs 15%), more vehicular travel (66 vs 38 minutes), and larger activity-space (5.18 vs 1.88 km), all p < .05.
Gait quality beyond speed contributes to physical activity. Physical activity and GPS-derived measures capture distinct aspects of daily-life mobility. Wearable-derived measures should be considered in gait and mobility-related interventions.
行走是日常生活活动能力的关键组成部分。我们通过动作活动记录仪和全球定位系统(GPS)来研究实验室测量的步态质量与日常生活活动能力之间的关联。我们还评估了两种日常生活活动能力模式,即动作活动记录仪和 GPS 之间的关系。
在社区居住的老年人中(N=121,年龄=77±5 岁,70%为女性,90%为白人),我们从 4 米长的仪器化步道(步速、步行比、变异性)和 6 分钟步行(适应性、相似性、平滑度、力量和规律性)中获得步态质量。通过动作活动记录仪记录步数和强度的身体活动测量值。使用 GPS 量化户外活动时间、车辆时间、活动空间和圆度。计算实验室步态质量与日常生活活动能力之间的部分 Spearman 相关系数。线性回归用于建立以步态质量为函数的步数模型。基于步数,采用协方差分析和 Tukey 分析比较了 GPS 测量值在高、中、低活动组之间的差异。年龄、BMI 和性别被用作协变量。
更高的步速、适应性、平滑度、力量和更低的规律性与更高的步数相关(0.20<|ρ| < 0.26,p <.05)。年龄(β=-0.37)、BMI(β=-0.30)、速度(β=0.14)、适应性(β=0.20)和力量(β=0.18)解释了步数的 41.2%方差。步态特征与 GPS 测量值无关。与低活动组(步数<3100)相比,高活动组(步数>4800)的户外活动时间更长(23 分钟对 15%)、车辆出行时间更长(66 分钟对 38 分钟)、活动空间更大(5.18 公里对 1.88 公里),所有差异均具有统计学意义(p <.05)。
除速度以外的步态质量对身体活动有贡献。身体活动和 GPS 衍生测量值捕捉日常生活活动能力的不同方面。在步态和移动相关干预措施中,应考虑可穿戴设备测量值。