title: Temporal and spatial features of gait in older adults transitioning to frailty.
abstract: Examining gait characteristics in older adults who are transitioning to frailty enhances our understanding of movement control in this fall-prone population and helps to better target preventive interventions. This work presents data on temporal and spatial gait parameters of a group of older adults who have been operationally defined as "transitionally frail". Gait speed, cadence, stride length, stance, swing, double-support, and horizontal heel velocity at heel contact were measured in 50 transitionally frail older adults while walking at a self-selected pace. These data suggest that the temporal and spatial gait features of these older adults differ substantially from published results from other older adults.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Movement Studies, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 281 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0356, USA.
authors.forename: Reto W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kressig
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gregor
authors.forename: Alanna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Dwight
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.forename: Webb
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: Aaron T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Curns
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutner
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric