A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Equipment
2.3. Walking Tasks
2.4. Data Processing and Analysis
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. TUG versus Walking
3.1.1. Stride Duration
3.1.2. Stride Length and Walking Speed
3.1.3. Bobbing Frequency (Step Frequency)
3.1.4. Head and Trunk Acceleration in the Horizontal Plane
3.2. Effects of Age on TUG Time and Gait Parameters
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Agathos, C.P.; Velisar, A.; Shanidze, N.M. A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait. Sensors 2023, 23, 7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23167261
Agathos CP, Velisar A, Shanidze NM. A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait. Sensors. 2023; 23(16):7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23167261
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgathos, Catherine P., Anca Velisar, and Natela M. Shanidze. 2023. "A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait" Sensors 23, no. 16: 7261. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23167261