Gait patterns in a community-dwelling population aged 50 years and older

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Verlinden, V J A ^a   Van der Geest, J N ^a   Hoogendam, Y Y ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Breteler, M M B ^a   Ikram, M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Gait; Locomotor disorders; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; STANDING; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875576667     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Studenski S., Perera S., Patel K., Rosano C., Faulkner K., Inzitari M., et al. Gait speed and survival in older adults. Journal of the American Medical Association 2011, 305(1):50-58.
2. Verghese J., LeValley A., Hall C.B., Katz M.J., Ambrose A.F., Lipton R.B. Epidemiology of gait disorders in community-residing older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006, 54(2):255-261.
3. Verghese J., Wang C., Lipton R.B., Holtzer R., Xue X. Quantitative gait dysfunction and risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2007, 78(9):929-935.
4. Verghese J., Holtzer R., Lipton R.B., Wang C. Quantitative gait markers and incident fall risk in older adults. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2009, 64(8):896-901.
5. Maki B.E. Gait changes in older adults: predictors of falls or indicators of fear. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1997, 45(3):313-320.
6. Hausdorff J.M., Rios D.A., Edelberg H.K. Gait variability and fall risk in community-living older adults: a 1-year prospective study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001, 82(8):1050-1056.
7. Callisaya M.L., Blizzard L., Schmidt M.D., McGinley J.L., Srikanth V.K. Sex modifies the relationship between age and gait: a population-based study of older adults. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2008, 63(2):165-170.
8. 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(2):191-197.
9. Hollman J.H., McDade E.M., Petersen R.C. Normative spatiotemporal gait parameters in older adults. Gait and Posture 2011, 34(1):111-118.
10. Ko S.U., Tolea M.I., Hausdorff J.M., Ferrucci L. Sex-specific differences in gait patterns of healthy older adults: results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Journal of Biomechanics 2011, 44(10):1974-1979.
11. Schrager M.A., Kelly V.E., Price R., Ferrucci L., Shumway-Cook A. The effects of age on medio-lateral stability during normal and narrow base walking. Gait and Posture 2008, 28(3):466-471.
12. Thigpen M.T., Light K.E., Creel G.L., Flynn S.M. Turning difficulty characteristics of adults aged 65 years or older. Physical Therapy 2000, 80(12):1174-1187.
13. Brach J.S., Studenski S., Perera S., VanSwearingen J.M., Newman A.B. Stance time and step width variability have unique contributing impairments in older persons. Gait and Posture 2008, 27(3):431-439.
14. Hofman A., van Duijn C.M., Franco O.H., Ikram M.A., Janssen H.L., Klaver C.C., et al. The Rotterdam Study: 2012 objectives and design update. European Journal of Epidemiology 2011, 26(8):657-686.
15. McDonough A.L., Batavia M., Chen F.C., Kwon S., Ziai J. The validity and reliability of the GAITRite system's measurements: a preliminary evaluation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001, 82(3):419-425.
16. Menz H.B., Latt M.D., Tiedemann A., Mun San Kwan M., Lord S.R. Reliability of the GAITRite walkway system for the quantification of temporo-spatial parameters of gait in young and older people. Gait and Posture 2004, 20(1):20-25.
17. van Uden C.J., Besser M.P. Test-retest reliability of temporal and spatial gait characteristics measured with an instrumented walkway system (GAITRite). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:13.
18. Bilney B., Morris M., Webster K. Concurrent related validity of the GAITRite walkway system for quantification of the spatial and temporal parameters of gait. Gait and Posture 2003, 17(1):68-74.
19. Brach J.S., Perera S., Studenski S., Newman A.B. The reliability and validity of measures of gait variability in community-dwelling older adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008, 89(12):2293-2296.
20. Cho B.L., Scarpace D., Alexander N.B. Tests of stepping as indicators of mobility, balance, and fall risk in balance-impaired older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004, 52(7):1168-1173.
21. Dite W., Temple V.A. Development of a clinical measure of turning for older adults. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2002, 81(11):857-866. quiz 67-8.
22. Kang H.G., Dingwell J.B. Separating the effects of age and walking speed on gait variability. Gait and Posture 2008, 27(4):572-577.
23. Watson N.L., Sutton-Tyrrell K., Youk A.O., Boudreau R.M., Mackey R.H., Simonsick E.M., et al. Arterial stiffness and gait speed in older adults with and without peripheral arterial disease. American Journal of Hypertension 2011, 24(1):90-95.
24. Brach J.S., Studenski S.A., Perera S., VanSwearingen J.M., Newman A.B. Gait variability and the risk of incident mobility disability in community-dwelling older adults. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2007, 62(9):983-988.