Effect of age on the ability to recover from a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait: Kinematic responses

Highlights • We investigated the age effect in responses to an unexpected underfoot perturbation. • Healthy young altered at the first and up to the fourth recovery step kinematics. • Healthy old kept unchanged in the first recovery step kinematics. • Healthy old changed trunk angle and lateral pelv...

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Published in:Gait & posture 2013-09, Vol.38 (4), p.853-857
Main Authors: Kim, Hogene, Nnodim, Joseph O, Richardson, James K, Ashton-Miller, James A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Aging - physiology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Female
Gait
Gait - physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Postural Balance - physiology
Reaction Time
Recovery step
Underfoot perturbation
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • We investigated the age effect in responses to an unexpected underfoot perturbation. • Healthy young altered at the first and up to the fourth recovery step kinematics. • Healthy old kept unchanged in the first recovery step kinematics. • Healthy old changed trunk angle and lateral pelvic movement during the perturbation. • Healthy young did not change frontal body kinematics during the first recovery step.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.04.013