Gait stability,variability and complexity on inclined surfaces |
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Affiliation: | 1. Program in Physical Therapy, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA;2. Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA;1. School of rehabilitation, Faculty of medicine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada;2. Laboratoire de pathokinesiologie, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en readaptation (CRIR), Institut de readaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Abstract: | This study evaluated the gait stability, variability, and complexity of healthy young adults on inclined surfaces. A total of 49 individuals walked on a treadmill at their preferred speed for 4 min at inclinations of 6%, 8%, and 10% in upward (UP) and downward (DOWN) conditions, and in horizontal (0%) condition. Gait variability was assessed using average standard deviation trunk acceleration between strides (VAR), gait stability was assessed using margin of stability (MoS) and maximum Lyapunov exponent (λs), and gait complexity was assessed using sample entropy (SEn). Trunk variability (VAR) increased in the medial-lateral (ML), anterior-posterior, and vertical directions for all inclined conditions. The SEn values indicated that movement complexity decreased almost linearly from DOWN to UP conditions, reflecting changes in gait pattern with longer and slower steps as inclination increased. The DOWN conditions were associated with the highest variability and lowest stability in the MoS ML, but not in λs. Stability was lower in UP conditions, which exhibited the largest λs values. The overall results support the hypothesis that inclined surfaces decrease gait stability and alter gait variability, particularly in UP conditions. |
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Keywords: | Gait variability Inclined walking Margin of stability Maximum Lyapunov exponent Nonlinear analysis |
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