Gait perturbations to discriminate between older adults with and without history of falls

Sanne Roeles; Philip Rowe; Sjoerd Bruijn; Craig Childs; Frans Steenbrink; Mirjam Pijnappels

Gait perturbations to discriminate between older adults with and without history of falls

Sanne Roeles, Philip Rowe, Sjoerd Bruijn, Craig Childs, Frans Steenbrink, Mirjam Pijnappels

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While falls among older adults are considered a major health problem, the sensitivity of conventional fall risk assessments to identify individuals is poor [1]. Among the main risk factors for falls are balance and gait impairments [2]. The ability to resist or recover from gait perturbations requires fast and accurate responses and might discriminate between fallers and non-fallers. We therefore investigated the ability to discriminate between older adults with and without history of falls using perturbation based gait assessment.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2017
Event	International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 25 Jun 2017 → 29 Sept 2017 http://www.ispgr.org/cpages/florida-2017

Conference

Conference	International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress
Abbreviated title	ISPGR
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	25/06/17 → 29/09/17
Internet address	http://www.ispgr.org/cpages/florida-2017

Keywords

gait impairments
falls
balance
walking speed
pelvic velocity

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Gait perturbations to discriminate between older adults with and without history of falls

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