Sagittal and frontal lower limb joint moments during stair ascent and descent in young and older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Novak, A C ^a   Brouwer, B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Gait; Joint kinetics; Stair negotiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRICS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAIR ASCENT; STAIR DESCENT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT;

EID: 78650599250     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Williamson J.D., Fried L.P. Characterization of older adults who attribute functional decrements to " old age" Journal of the American Geriatric Society 1996, 44:1429-1434.
2. Nevitt M.C., Cummings S.R., Hudes E.S. Risk factors for injurious falls: a prospective study. Journal of Gerontology 1991, 46:M164-M170.
3. Tinetti M.E., Speechley M., Ginter S.F. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community. The New England Journal of Medicine 1988, 319:1701-1707.
4. Nadeau S., McFadyen B.J., Malouin F. Frontal and sagittal plane analyses of the stair climbing task in healthy adults aged over 40 years: what are the challenges compared to level walking?. Clinical Biomechanics 2003, 18:950-959.
5. Protopapadaki A., Drechsler W.I., Cramp M.C., Coutts F.J., Scott O.M. Hip, knee, ankle kinematics and kinetics during stair ascent and descent in healthy young individuals. Clinical Biomechanics 2007, 22:203-210.
6. Reeves N.D., Spanjaard M., Mohagheghi A.A., Baltzopoulos V., Maganaris C.N. The demands of stair descent relative to maximum capacities in elderly and young adults. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 2008, 18:218-227.
7. Reeves N.D., Spanjaard M., Mohagheghi A.A., Baltzopoulos V., Maganaris C.N. Older adults employ alternative strategies to operate within their maximum capabilities when ascending stairs. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 2009, 19:e57-e68.
8. Costigan P.A., Deluzio K.J., Wyss U.P. Knee and hip kinetics during normal stair climbing. Gait and Posture 2002, 16:31-37.
9. McFadyen B.J., Winter D.A. An integrated biomechanical analysis of normal stair ascent and descent. Journal of Biomechanics 1988, 21:733-744.
10. Brouwer B., Olney S.J. Aging skeletal muscle and the impact of resistance exercise. Physiotherapy Canada 2004, 56:80-87.
11. Gabel A., Nayak U.S.L. The effect of age on variability in gait. Journal of Gerontology 1984, 39:662-666.
12. Masani K., Kouzaki M., Fukunaga T. Variability of ground reaction forces during treadmill walking. Journal of Applied Physiology 2002, 92:1885-1890.
13. Winter D.A. Kinematic and kinetic patterns in human gait: variability and compensating effects. Human Movement Science 1984, 3:51-76.
14. Reid S.M., Lynn S.K., Musselman R.P., Costigan P.A. Knee biomechanics of alternate stair ambulation patterns. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2007, 39:2005-2011.
15. Salsich G.B., Brechter J.H., Powers C.M. Lower extremity kinetics during stair ambulation in patients with and without patellofemoral pain. Clinical Biomechanics 2001, 16:906-912.
16. Reid S.M., Graham R.B., Costigan P.A. Differentiation of young and older adult stair climbing gait using principal component analysis. Gait and Posture 2010, 31:197-203.
17. Startzell J.K., Owens D.A., Mulfinger L.M., Cavanagh P.R. Stair negotiation in older people: a review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000, 48:567-580.
18. Novak A.C., Olney S.J., Bagg S., Brouwer B. Gait changes following botulinum toxin A treatment in stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 2009, 16:367-376.
19. Parvataneni K., Ploeg L., Olney S.J., Brouwer B. Kinematic, kinetic and metabolic parameters of treadmill versus overground walking in healthy older adults. Clinical Biomechanics 2009, 24:95-100.
20. Winter D.A. The biomechanics and motor control of human gait: normal, elderly and pathological 1991, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, Canada.
21. Hamill J., Selbie W.S. Three-dimensional kinetics. Research methods in biomechanics 2004, 145-160. Human Kinetics, Windsor. D.G.E. Robertson, G.E. Caldwell, J. Hamill (Eds.).
22. Kirtley C., Whittle M.W., Jefferson R.J. Influence of walking speed on gait parameters. Journal of Biomedical Engineering 1985, 7:282-288.
23. Winter D.A., Patla A.E., Frank J.A., Walt S.E. Biomechanical walking pattern changes in the fit and healthy elderly. Physical Therapy 1990, 70:340-347.
24. Krebs D.E., Jette A.M., Assmann S.F. Moderate exercise improves gait stability in disabled elders. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1998, 79:1489-1495.
25. Winter D.A. Moments of force and mechanical power in jogging. Journal of Biomechanics 1983, 16:91-97.
26. Winter D.A. Human balance and posture control during standing and walking. Gait and Posture 1995, 3:193-214.
27. Winter D.A., Eng P. Kinetics: our window into the goals and strategies of the central nervous system. Behavioural Brain Research 1995, 67:111-120.
28. MacKinnon C.D., Winter D.A. Control of whole body balance in the frontal plane during human walking. Journal of Biomechanics 1993, 26:633-644.
29. Callisaya M.L., Blizzard L., Schmidt M.D., McGinley J.L., Srikanth V.K. Ageing and gait variability - a population-based study of older people. Age and Ageing 2010, 39:1191-1197.