The Effects of Cognition and Vision While Walking in Younger and Older Adults
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Cognition Effect
4.2. Age Effect
4.3. Vision Effect
4.4. Cognition X Age Effect
4.5. Cognition X Vision Effect
4.6. Limitation
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Step Length | Double Support Time | Velocity | Cadence | |||||||
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cm. | %DTWC | % | %DTWC | cm./sec. | %DTWC | step/min. | %DTWC | |||
Younger (n = 20) | NV | Walk Only | 72.1 (5.4) | 24.0 (4.4) | 135.7 (16.7) | 113.6 (8.9) | ||||
Walk + STR | 65.9 (7.1) | 8.8 (4.9) | 26.1 (4.7) | −8.7 (8.3) | 115.5 (21.2) | 15.1 (8.8) | 106.0 (10.2) | 6.7 (5.5) | ||
Walk + SS | 66.9 (6.7) | 7.3 (6.1) | 26.1 (4.8) | −8.7 (8.0) | 118.5 (22.8) | 14.5 (7.3) | 106.2 (11.1) | 6.5 (6.7) | ||
PV | Walk Only | 70.8 (6.4) | 24.1 (4.7) | 133.8 (20.4) | 113.6 (9.1) | |||||
Walk + STR | 63.8 (6.5) | 9.9 (4.4) | 26.7 (4.8) | −11.3 (6.7) | 110.9 (20.9) | 17.3 (7.3) | 104.9 (10.8) | 7.8 (4.4) | ||
Walk + SS | 66.1 (6.7) | 6.6 (4.4) | 26.3 (4.5) | −9.6 (5.0) | 114.9 (23.1) | 17.3 (7.3) | 104.4 (11.6) | 8.2 (4.9) | ||
Older(n = 18) | NV | Walk Only | 66.9 (12.3) | 27.2 (4.3) | 125.3 (33.2) | 11.9 (14.8) | ||||
Walk + STR | 57.7 (12.2) | 13.4 (12.9) | 32.0 (6.9) | −18.1 (19.4) | 88.4 (18.9) | 27.6 (12.1) | 93.6 (14.3) | 15.5 (12.9) | ||
Walk + SS | 60.3 (11.7) | 9.5 (10.2) | 30.5 (4.9) | −12.7 (13.5) | 92.0 (26.8) | 25.5 (16.2) | 91.5 (15.2) | 17.6 (13.0) | ||
PV | Walk Only | 66.8 (12.6) | 26.9 (4.7) | 125.6 (32.9) | 112.7 (15.1) | |||||
Walk + STR | 54.4 (11.9) | 18.4 (9.5) | 32.3 (5.1) | −20.7 (13.3) | 84.0 (24.7) | 32.0 (14.4) | 93.5 (13.2) | 16.3 (11.2) | ||
Walk + SS | 59.4 (11.4) | 10.5 (11.2) | 31.8 (7.6) | −18.8 (22.1) | 89.7 (25.6) | 26.7 (17.7) | 90.6 (16.6) | 18.9 (14.4) |
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Pham, T.; Suen, M.; Cho, Y.-H.; Krishnan, V. The Effects of Cognition and Vision While Walking in Younger and Older Adults. Sensors 2024, 24, 7789. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237789
Pham T, Suen M, Cho Y-H, Krishnan V. The Effects of Cognition and Vision While Walking in Younger and Older Adults. Sensors. 2024; 24(23):7789. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237789
Chicago/Turabian StylePham, Trong, Meagan Suen, Young-Hee Cho, and Vennila Krishnan. 2024. "The Effects of Cognition and Vision While Walking in Younger and Older Adults" Sensors 24, no. 23: 7789. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237789
APA StylePham, T., Suen, M., Cho, Y.-H., & Krishnan, V. (2024). The Effects of Cognition and Vision While Walking in Younger and Older Adults. Sensors, 24(23), 7789. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237789