Advance in Gait Stability, Gait Assessment and Fall Risk in Old Adults (review)

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  • 1.College of P.E and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
    2.School of Sports and Health Science, Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China

Received date: 2019-02-05

  Revised date: 2019-03-26

  Online published: 2019-07-23

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Supported by Foundation:Being Research Center of Urban System Engineering Project (No. PXM2018_178215_000001) and Guizhou Department of Science and Technology Association Fund (No. 2013_LH7485)

Abstract

It is important to predict fall risk for the old adults. Gait and imbalance are generally considered as the greatest risk for falls. Largest Lypunov Exponent (LyE) reflects the gait stability, and it needs to improve in standardization and acceptable algorithms for clinical use. Gait indices are correlated with each other, with their own advantages and limitations. Gait Deviation Index is representative and reliable, and easy to calculate. Gait variability can predict the possibility of falls in the old adults. The combination of all the indices may improve the accuracy of falls risk prediction for the old adults.

Key words: fall; aged; gait; review

Cite this article

ZHANG Zi-hua, JI Zhong-qiu, PANG Bo, LI Jia-hui, ZHAO Pan-chao . Advance in Gait Stability, Gait Assessment and Fall Risk in Old Adults (review)[J]. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 2019 , 25(7) : 793 -796 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2019.07.010

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