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The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Incorrect body weight shifting is a frequent cause of falls, and the control of the whole-body center of mass (CoM) by segmental coordination is essential during walking. Uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis is a method of examining the relation between variance in segmental coordination...

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Autores principales: Yamagata, Momoko, Tateuchi, Hiroshige, Shimizu, Itsuroh, Saeki, Junya, Ichihashi, Noriaki
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33849478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02192-z
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author Yamagata, Momoko
Tateuchi, Hiroshige
Shimizu, Itsuroh
Saeki, Junya
Ichihashi, Noriaki
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Tateuchi, Hiroshige
Shimizu, Itsuroh
Saeki, Junya
Ichihashi, Noriaki
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description BACKGROUND: Incorrect body weight shifting is a frequent cause of falls, and the control of the whole-body center of mass (CoM) by segmental coordination is essential during walking. Uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis is a method of examining the relation between variance in segmental coordination and CoM stability. However, no prospective cohort study has thoroughly investigated how variance in segmental configurations to stabilize the CoM relates to future falls. This study explored whether variance to stabilize the CoM was related to future falls. METHODS: At the baseline visit, 30 community-dwelling older adults walked 20 times on a 6-m walkway. Using kinematic data collected during walking by a three-dimensional motion capture system, UCM analysis was performed to investigate how segmental configuration contributes to CoM stability in the frontal plane. One year after the baseline visit, we evaluated whether the subjects experienced falls. Twelve subjects had experienced falls, and 16 had not. Comparisons of variance between older adults with and without falls were conducted by covariate analysis. RESULTS: No significant differences in variance were found in the mediolateral direction, whereas in the vertical direction, older adults with fall experiences had a greater variance, reflecting an unstable CoM, than those with no fall experiences. CONCLUSIONS: We verified that the high variance in segmental configurations that destabilize the CoM in the vertical direction was related to future falls. The variables of UCM analysis can be useful for evaluating fall risk.
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spelling pubmed-80453232021-04-14 The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study Yamagata, Momoko Tateuchi, Hiroshige Shimizu, Itsuroh Saeki, Junya Ichihashi, Noriaki BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Incorrect body weight shifting is a frequent cause of falls, and the control of the whole-body center of mass (CoM) by segmental coordination is essential during walking. Uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis is a method of examining the relation between variance in segmental coordination and CoM stability. However, no prospective cohort study has thoroughly investigated how variance in segmental configurations to stabilize the CoM relates to future falls. This study explored whether variance to stabilize the CoM was related to future falls. METHODS: At the baseline visit, 30 community-dwelling older adults walked 20 times on a 6-m walkway. Using kinematic data collected during walking by a three-dimensional motion capture system, UCM analysis was performed to investigate how segmental configuration contributes to CoM stability in the frontal plane. One year after the baseline visit, we evaluated whether the subjects experienced falls. Twelve subjects had experienced falls, and 16 had not. Comparisons of variance between older adults with and without falls were conducted by covariate analysis. RESULTS: No significant differences in variance were found in the mediolateral direction, whereas in the vertical direction, older adults with fall experiences had a greater variance, reflecting an unstable CoM, than those with no fall experiences. CONCLUSIONS: We verified that the high variance in segmental configurations that destabilize the CoM in the vertical direction was related to future falls. The variables of UCM analysis can be useful for evaluating fall risk. BioMed Central 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8045323/ /pubmed/33849478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02192-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Yamagata, Momoko
Tateuchi, Hiroshige
Shimizu, Itsuroh
Saeki, Junya
Ichihashi, Noriaki
The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title_full The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title_fullStr The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title_full_unstemmed The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title_short The relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
title_sort relation between kinematic synergy to stabilize the center of mass during walking and future fall risks: a 1-year longitudinal study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33849478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02192-z
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