Gait Characteristics of Dynapenia, Sarcopenia, and Presarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Skeletal Muscle Mass
2.2.2. Muscle Strength
2.2.3. Gait Parameters
2.3. Assessing Presarcopenia, Dynapenia, and Sarcopenia
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Normal (n = 187) | Presarcopenia (n = 79) | Sarcopenia (n = 25) | Dynapenia (n = 16) | ANOVA | ||
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Characteristic | F Value | p Value | ||||
Age (y) | 73.0 ± 5.4 | 73.5 ± 5.6 | 77.8 ± 6.7 N,P | 75.8 ± 7.1 | 6.0 | <0.001 |
Height (cm) | 152.3 ± 5.0 | 151.3 ± 5.1 | 146.0 ± 4.8 N,P | 149.3 ± 7.0 | 12.0 | <0.001 |
Weight (kg) | 53.6 ± 7.0 | 45.4 ± 5.4 N,D | 44.5 ± 4.6 N,D | 51.0 ± 4.8 | 39.7 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.1 ± 2.9 | 19.8 ± 2.3 N,D | 20.9 ± 2.4 N | 22.9 ± 1.7 | 30.1 | <0.001 |
SMI (kg/m2) | 6.42 ± 0.58 | 5.34 ± 0.29 N,D | 5.19 ± 0.45 N,D | 6.04 ± 0.22 N | 111.8 | <0.001 |
Grip strength (kg) | 25.2 ± 3.4 | 22.7 ± 2.6 N | 17.3 ± 3.5 N,P | 19.0 ± 3.7 N,P | 58.7 | <0.001 |
Walking speed (m/s) | 1.34 ± 0.21 | 1.35 ± 0.20 | 1.19 ± 0.23 N,P | 1.01 ± 0.22 N,P,S | 16.1 | <0.001 |
Normal (n = 187) | Presarcopenia (n = 79) | Sarcopenia (n = 25) | Dynapenia (n = 16) | ANCOVA | ||
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F Value | p Value | |||||
Walking speed (m/s) | 1.34 ± 0.21 | 1.35 ± 0.20 | 1.19 ± 0.23 N | 1.01 ± 0.22 N,P,S | 13.53 | <0.001 |
Cadence (steps/min) | 129.05 ± 11.55 | 129.84 ± 9.88 | 127.73 ± 11.42 | 120.34 ± 10.64 N,P | 3.16 | 0.025 |
Step length (cm) | 62.35 ± 7.74 | 62.37 ± 7.51 | 56.17 ± 9.19 N | 50.15 ± 9.22 N,P | 13.55 | <0.001 |
Step width (cm) | 7.53 ± 2.79 | 6.84 ± 2.69 | 7.04 ± 2.87 | 9.66 ± 2.84 N,P,S | 3.38 | 0.019 |
Gait angle (°) | 7.04 ± 2.74 | 6.38 ± 2.68 | 7.49 ± 3.71 | 11.31 ± 3.86 N,P,S | 10.91 | <0.001 |
Foot angle (°) | 2.53 ± 4.46 | 2.72 ± 5.19 | 2.27 ± 5.52 | 1.74 ± 5.14 | 0.29 | 0.832 |
Stance time (s) | 0.60 ± 0.07 | 0.59 ± 0.07 | 0.63 ± 0.08 | 0.65 ± 0.10 N | 3.39 | 0.018 |
Swing time (s) | 0.33 ± 0.07 | 0.33 ± 0.06 | 0.32 ± 0.06 | 0.34 ± 0.07 | 0.37 | 0.777 |
Double stance time (s) | 0.13 ± 0.05 | 0.12 ± 0.05 | 0.15 ± 0.06 | 0.15 ± 0.06 | 1.81 | 0.145 |
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Mori, K.; Murata, S.; Goda, A.; Kikuchi, Y.; Shiraiwa, K.; Horie, J.; Nakano, H. Gait Characteristics of Dynapenia, Sarcopenia, and Presarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101905
Mori K, Murata S, Goda A, Kikuchi Y, Shiraiwa K, Horie J, Nakano H. Gait Characteristics of Dynapenia, Sarcopenia, and Presarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101905
Chicago/Turabian StyleMori, Kohei, Shin Murata, Akio Goda, Yuki Kikuchi, Kayoko Shiraiwa, Jun Horie, and Hideki Nakano. 2022. "Gait Characteristics of Dynapenia, Sarcopenia, and Presarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101905