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The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This study aimed to clarify the relationship between leg extension angle and knee flexion angle during gait in older adults. The subjects of this cross-sectional study were 588 community-dwelling older adults (74.6 ± 6.1 y). Segment angles and acceleration were measured using five inertial measureme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34831678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211925 |
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author | Miyazaki, Takasuke Kiyama, Ryoji Nakai, Yuki Kawada, Masayuki Takeshita, Yasufumi Araki, Sota Hayashi, Hiroyuki Higashi, Naoto Makizako, Hyuma |
author_facet | Miyazaki, Takasuke Kiyama, Ryoji Nakai, Yuki Kawada, Masayuki Takeshita, Yasufumi Araki, Sota Hayashi, Hiroyuki Higashi, Naoto Makizako, Hyuma |
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description | This study aimed to clarify the relationship between leg extension angle and knee flexion angle during gait in older adults. The subjects of this cross-sectional study were 588 community-dwelling older adults (74.6 ± 6.1 y). Segment angles and acceleration were measured using five inertial measurement units during comfortable gait, and bilateral knee and hip joint angles, and leg extension angle, reflecting whole lower limb extension at late stance, were calculated. Propulsion force was estimated using the increase in velocity calculated from anterior acceleration of the sacrum during late stance. Correlation analysis showed that leg extension angle was associated with knee flexion angle at swing phase and hip extension angle and increase in velocity at late stance (r = 0.444–508, p < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that knee flexion angle at mid-swing was more affected by leg extension angle (β = 0.296, p < 0.001) than by gait speed (β = 0.219, p < 0.001) and maximum hip extension angle (β = −0.150, p < 0.001). These findings indicate that leg extension angle may be a meaningful parameter for improving gait function in older adults due to the association with knee kinematics during swing as well as propulsion force at late stance. |
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spelling | pubmed-86252282021-11-27 The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Miyazaki, Takasuke Kiyama, Ryoji Nakai, Yuki Kawada, Masayuki Takeshita, Yasufumi Araki, Sota Hayashi, Hiroyuki Higashi, Naoto Makizako, Hyuma Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to clarify the relationship between leg extension angle and knee flexion angle during gait in older adults. The subjects of this cross-sectional study were 588 community-dwelling older adults (74.6 ± 6.1 y). Segment angles and acceleration were measured using five inertial measurement units during comfortable gait, and bilateral knee and hip joint angles, and leg extension angle, reflecting whole lower limb extension at late stance, were calculated. Propulsion force was estimated using the increase in velocity calculated from anterior acceleration of the sacrum during late stance. Correlation analysis showed that leg extension angle was associated with knee flexion angle at swing phase and hip extension angle and increase in velocity at late stance (r = 0.444–508, p < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that knee flexion angle at mid-swing was more affected by leg extension angle (β = 0.296, p < 0.001) than by gait speed (β = 0.219, p < 0.001) and maximum hip extension angle (β = −0.150, p < 0.001). These findings indicate that leg extension angle may be a meaningful parameter for improving gait function in older adults due to the association with knee kinematics during swing as well as propulsion force at late stance. MDPI 2021-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8625228/ /pubmed/34831678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211925 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Miyazaki, Takasuke Kiyama, Ryoji Nakai, Yuki Kawada, Masayuki Takeshita, Yasufumi Araki, Sota Hayashi, Hiroyuki Higashi, Naoto Makizako, Hyuma The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title | The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full | The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_short | The Relationship between Leg Extension Angle at Late Stance and Knee Flexion Angle at Swing Phase during Gait in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_sort | relationship between leg extension angle at late stance and knee flexion angle at swing phase during gait in community-dwelling older adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34831678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211925 |
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