Spatial-Temporal Parameters of Gait

摘要

The aim of the work was to obtain reference data as independent as possible ofthe characteristics of the healthy subjects that constitute the reference group, e.g. sex, age, anthropometric characteristics. The authors are aware (Grieve, 1969) that it is not enough to find the normal range of a parameter, but it is essential to determine whether and how different parameters (i.e. stride, velocity, gait cycle and swing phase) occur in normal combination. Therefore, a statistical methodology was followed to identify statistical multiple linear regression models that were then applied to the bulk of data in order to find out these parameter combinations, and the existing relationships between the measured parameters and the anthropometric characteristics. The paper reports all the revelant results obtained for the subjects, grouped for sex and age. They constitute a preliminary reference data base of normal spatial and temporal parameters of gait.