A comparison of gait characteristics in the elderly people, people with knee pain, and people who are walker dependent people.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Lee, In-hee Park, Sang-young
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the gait parameters of age-matchedpeople with a normal gait (≥ 65 years), age-matched people with knee pain, and age-matchedpeople with walker dependent gait at a self-selected gait speed. [Methods] Subjects walkedon even ground in bare feet and were allowed a natural arm swing on a 6-m walkway.Walker-dependent participants walked on a walkway without a walker. [Results] Thekinematic and spatiotemporal gait characteristics were used to investigate the differenceamong the each group. Hip flexion, knee flexion, and stride width parameters were notdifferent. The gait speed, stride length and time, hip and knee extension, and ankleflexion and extension parameters were significantly different. [Conclusion] A comparisionof kinematic and spatiotemporal gait characteristics during gait may provide an insightinto the gait pattern of normal elderly people, those with knee pain, and thewalker-dependent elderly.
ISSN	09155287
Volume Number	25
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3820225
Issue Number	8
PubMed reference number	24259896
Journal	Journal of Physical Therapy Science [J Phys Ther Sci]
e-ISSN	21875626
DOI	10.1589/jpts.25.973
Language	English
Publisher	The Society of Physical Therapy Science
Publisher Date	2013-08-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. 2013©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science
Subject Keyword	Elderly people Gait characteristics Walker dependent
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation