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Description of spatio-temporal gait parameters in elderly people and their association with history of falls: results of the population-based cross-sectional KORA-Age study

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Title
Description of spatio-temporal gait parameters in elderly people and their association with history of falls: results of the population-based cross-sectional KORA-Age study
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BMC Geriatrics, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12877-015-0032-1
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Kathrin Thaler-Kall, Annette Peters, Barbara Thorand, Eva Grill, Christine S Autenrieth, Alexander Horsch, Christa Meisinger

Abstract

In this epidemiological study we described the characteristics of spatio-temporal gait parameters among a representative, population-based sample of 890 community-dwelling people aged 65 to 90 years. In addition, we investigated the associations between certain gait parameters and a history of falls in study participants. In descriptive analyses spatio-temporal gait parameters were assessed according to history of falls, frailty, multimorbidity, gender, multiple medication use, disability status, and age group. Logistic regression models were calculated to examine the association between gait velocity and stride length with a history of falls (at least one fall in the last 12 month). Data on gait were collected on an electronic walkway on which participants walked at their usual pace. We found significant differences within gait parameters when stratifying by frailty, multimorbidity, disability and multiple medication use as well as age (cut point 75 years) and sex, with p < 0.05 for all gait parameters (velocity, cadence, time, stride duration, stride length, step width). After stratification by history of falls, only stride length showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the groups of fallers and non-fallers. Logistic regression models showed that a decreased stride length was independently associated with falls in men aged older than 74 years (OR 1.34 (CI: 1.05-1.70 per 10 cm decrease)), while this was neither the case for women of similar age nor for men or women aged 65 to 74 years. A decreased walking speed was not associated with falls. Age, frailty, multimorbidity, disability, history of falls, sex, and multiple medication use show an association with different gait parameters measured during gait assessment on an electronic walkway in elderly people. Furthermore, stride length is a good indicator to differentiate fallers from non-fallers in older men from the general population.

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Country Count As %
Germany 2 1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Unknown 179 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 36 20%
Student > Bachelor 25 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 10%
Researcher 18 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 7%
Other 26 14%
Unknown 47 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 14%
Sports and Recreations 15 8%
Engineering 14 8%
Psychology 9 5%
Other 25 14%
Unknown 61 33%
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