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Comparative Study of Gait Stability Using COM-COP Inclination Angle Changes of Elderly
Byeong Chan Cho, Tae Soo Bae
J. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2021;38(7):521-528.
Published online July 1, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7736/JKSPE.021.001
The current method of gait analysis has several limitations for determining gait stability, such as a complicated preparation process, repeated experimental procedures that are time-consuming, and financial burden of experiments. This study investigated whether gait stability could be analyzed using only the COM-COP (Center of Mass-Center of Pressure) inclination angle connecting COM and COP. COM and COP coordinates were obtained from a motion analysis system for a total of 40 elderly and young subjects. The COM-COP inclination angle that changed in real time during level walking was then analyzed to obtain gait stability on each of sagittal and frontal planes using these coordinates. As a result, the gait symmetry index on the sagittal plane did not show a statistically significant difference between young and elderly subjects (First Step, p = 0.189; Second Step, p = 0.711). On the frontal plane, elderly subjects showed 0.39 degrees (p = 0.058) and 0.5 degree (p = 0.03) larger side-to-side sway angles in the first and second steps than young subjects, respectively. Gait stability can be analyzed using a more simplified experimental method with minimum amount of data in future gait analysis.
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