Using technology-based techniques to assess postural control and gait in older adults.
Increasingly sophisticated instrumentation and techniques to assess gait and postural control in older adults are now available. These technology-based methods may be most useful in understanding the mechanisms underlying age-related and disease-related changes in gait and postural control. Further work is needed to ensure that these methods: (1) are used in a hypothesis-driven manner; (2) are made more simple, portable, and user friendly; and (3) are used in an appropriate and cost-effective manner.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0405, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005684:Gait; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011187:Posture; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology