TY - GEN
T1 - Regulation of minimum toe clearance variability in the young and elderly during walking on sloped surfaces
AU - Khandoker, Ahsan H.
AU - Lynch, Kate
AU - Karmakar, Chandan K.
AU - Begg, Rezaul K.
AU - Palaniswami, Marimuthu
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Challenging environments (e.g., walking on inclines) are potential interventions for maintaining balance and gait skills, especially for the elderly. The aims of this study were: 1) to investigate whether or not variability and control of minimum toe clearance (MTC) is altered during walking on sloped surfaces, and 2) how locomotor control strategies change with age. MTC data during walking on a treadmill at both positive and negative slopes were analyzed for 9 healthy young and 8 healthy elderly subjects. The results indicated that altered MTC variability, complexity and control strategies were employed by the young and elderly adults due to walking on sloped surfaces. Elderly adults are more prone to tripping risk than younger adults especially while walking on positive slope.
AB - Challenging environments (e.g., walking on inclines) are potential interventions for maintaining balance and gait skills, especially for the elderly. The aims of this study were: 1) to investigate whether or not variability and control of minimum toe clearance (MTC) is altered during walking on sloped surfaces, and 2) how locomotor control strategies change with age. MTC data during walking on a treadmill at both positive and negative slopes were analyzed for 9 healthy young and 8 healthy elderly subjects. The results indicated that altered MTC variability, complexity and control strategies were employed by the young and elderly adults due to walking on sloped surfaces. Elderly adults are more prone to tripping risk than younger adults especially while walking on positive slope.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353435
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353435
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 18003101
AN - SCOPUS:57649238736
SN - 1424407885
SN - 9781424407880
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 4887
EP - 4890
BT - 29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
T2 - 29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Y2 - 23 August 2007 through 26 August 2007
ER -