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| The role of gender in gait analysis in the elderly | | Author(s) | Pamela A MacFarlane, Claire M Nicholson, Greta M M Muller |
| Journal title | Southern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 7, no 2, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 4-8 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Ambulant ; Older men ; Older women ; Quantitative studies ; South Africa. |
| Annotation | A quantitative gait analysis was conducted on 59 men (mean age 7.5.) and 127 women (mean age 75.2) living independently in a retirement community in KwaZulu-Natal who could walk independently, regarded themselves as in good health, and were independent in terms of activities of daily living (ADLs). The analysis was based on foot placements in the sagital plane recorded using a video camera. ANOVA gender comparisons revealed significant differences in all phases of walking, step length, standing height and knee length, but no significant differences in walking speed. Women were found to take shorter steps at greater frequency than men to attain the same walking velocity. When phase and step length variables were normalised to a percent of each individual's stride time (phase variables) and knee height as a measurement of stature (step lengths), there were no significant gender differences. These findings suggest that self-selected walking velocity (SSWV) gait differences in older people are due to stature and not to gender, and that the use of norms which are gender based may be inappropriate. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990206206 A |
| Classmark | C4: C4A: BC: BD: 3DQ: 7PM |
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