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Balance and gait performance in an urban and a rural population
Author(s)Karin A M Ringsberg, Per Gärdsell, Olof Johnell
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 1, January 1998
Pagespp 65-70
KeywordsMobility ; Gait loss ; Falls ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Sweden.
AnnotationThe differences in standing balance and gait performance between an urban and rural population in Sweden were investigated in this study. Participants were 570 individuals from the urban community and 391 from the rural community. Information about workload, housing, leisure time activities, medication, and illness during different decades of life was gathered using two questionnaires. Findings revealed that the urban subjects had significantly impaired balance compared with rural subjects. This difference increased with increasing age. The urban subjects walked faster than the rural subjects, and the urban subjects used fewer steps than their rural counterparts. Leisure time activities had a significant influence on the tests, but, except for gait velocity, workload was of minor importance according to analysis of co-variance. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980313411 A
ClassmarkC4: C8G: OLF: RK: RL: 76P

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