Citation

Hirsch T, Lampe J, Michalk K, Röder L, Munsch K, Marquardt J. Z. Gerontol. 2019; 52(1): 17-22.

Vernacular Title

Subjektive Gangsicherheit im Alter.

Affiliation

Studiengang MSc Ergotherapie, Logopädie, Physiotherapie, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hildesheim, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00391-017-1288-1

PMID

28695318

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It can be assumed that the feeling of gait stability or gait instability in the elderly may be independent of a possible fear of falling or a history of falling when walking. Up to now, there has been a lack of spatiotemporal gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to analyse the distribution of various gait parameters for older people who subjectively feel secure when walking.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, the gait parameters stride time, step time, stride length, step length, double support, single support, and walking speed were measured using a Vicon three-dimensional motion capture system (Plug-In Gait Lower-Body Marker Set) in 31 healthy people aged 65 years and older (mean age 72 ± 3.54 years) who subjectively feel secure when walking.

RESULTS: There was a homogeneous distribution in the gait parameters examined, with no abnormalities. The mean values have a low variance with narrow confidence intervals.

CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that people who subjectively feel secure when walking demonstrate similarly objective gait parameters..

Language: de

Keywords

Aged; Cross-sectional studies; Gait; Physical Examination; Walking