@article{ref1,
title="Age-related changes in smoothness of gait of healthy children and early adolescents",
journal="Journal of Motor Behavior",
year="2019",
author="Leban, Bruno and Cimolin, Veronica and Porta, Micaela and Arippa, Federico and Pilloni, Giuseppina and Galli, Manuela and Pau, Massimiliano",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In this study, we acquired and processed trunk accelerations during level walking in 85 children aged 8-13 years to calculate spatio-temporal parameters and Harmonic Ratio (HR), which is a metrics representative of gait smoothness and step-to-step symmetry. The results show that while spatio-temporal parameters remain unchanged once normalized considering individuals' anthropometry, significantly higher values of HR for both the antero-posterior and vertical directions were found in participants aged 12-13 with respect to those of 8-9. This indicates an improvement of gait symmetry, which suggests that the gait maturation process is still ongoing for the age ranges tested here.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-2895",
doi="10.1080/00222895.2019.1680949",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2019.1680949"
}