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AGE AND AGEING
卷 39, 期 2, 页码 191-197出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp250
关键词
ageing; gait variability; population-based; elderly
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council [403000BH]
- Physiotherapy Research Foundation [BH036/05]
- Perpetual Trustees
- Brain Foundation
- Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation [341M]
- ANZ Charitable Trust
- Masonic Centenary Medical Research Foundation
Objective: to examine the relationship between age and gait variability in a population-based sample of older people. Design: cross-sectional study. Methods: in people aged 60-86 years (n = 412), temporal and spatial gait variability measures were recorded with a GAITRite walkway. Regression analysis was used to model the relationship between age and gait variability adjusting for height, weight and self-reported chronic disease. Further adjustment was made for gait speed to examine its influence on the associations. Results: older age was associated with greater variability (P < 0.05) in all gait measures. All relationships were linear, except that between age and step time variability, which was curvilinear in women. Adjusting for gait speed changed the magnitude of the age coefficient by 62-86% for temporal variability measures, 25% for step length variability and 5-12% for step width variability. Conclusion: age is linearly associated with greater intra-individual gait variability for most gait measures, except for step time variability in women. Gait speed may mediate the association between age and temporal variability measures. Further study is needed to understand the factors responsible for the greater gait variability with ageing.
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