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To evaluate a videotaped gait abnormality rating scale and determine how visual and objective gait measures relate to falls in elderly nursing home residents.

January 1, 1990Journal of Gerontology

Gait Assessment in the Elderly: A Gait Abnormality Rating Scale and Its Relation to Falls

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LWLeslie Wolfson RWRobert Whipple PAP. Amerman

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Case-control study demonstrates significant gait impairment and altered coordination in elderly fallers, indicating visual gait assessment can identify fall risk.

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To evaluate a videotaped gait abnormality rating scale and determine how visual and objective gait measures relate to falls in elderly nursing home residents.
Assessed gait in 49 nursing home residents (27 with a history of recent falls) and 22 control subjects.
Measured stride length and walking speed alongside a videotape-based visual rating scale assessing 16 distinct facets of gait.
Stride length, walking speed, and videotape-based gait scores correlated strongly with one another and showed significant impairment in fallers compared to controls.
Arm swing amplitude, upper-lower extremity synchrony, and guardedness were identified as the gait characteristics most severely impaired in fallers.

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Wolfson et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f92565d37378ac1dca148 https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/45.1.m12

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January 1, 1990Journal of Gerontology

Gait Assessment in the Elderly: A Gait Abnormality Rating Scale and Its Relation to Falls

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Authors

LWLeslie Wolfson RWRobert Whipple PAP. Amerman

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Overview

Case-control study demonstrates significant gait impairment and altered coordination in elderly fallers, indicating visual gait assessment can identify fall risk.

Key Points

To evaluate a videotaped gait abnormality rating scale and determine how visual and objective gait measures relate to falls in elderly nursing home residents.
Assessed gait in 49 nursing home residents (27 with a history of recent falls) and 22 control subjects.
Measured stride length and walking speed alongside a videotape-based visual rating scale assessing 16 distinct facets of gait.
Stride length, walking speed, and videotape-based gait scores correlated strongly with one another and showed significant impairment in fallers compared to controls.
Arm swing amplitude, upper-lower extremity synchrony, and guardedness were identified as the gait characteristics most severely impaired in fallers.

Cite This Study

Wolfson et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f92565d37378ac1dca148 https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/45.1.m12

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