Age-related changes in gait speeds and asymmetry during circular gait and straight-line gait in older individuals aged 60–79 years
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Tetsuya Hirono
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence
Tetsuya Hirono, RPT MSc, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTome Ikezoe
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMomoko Yamagata
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Human Development, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakehiro Kato
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorJun Umehara
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKo Yanase
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSayaka Nakao
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTadao Tsuboyama
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
School of Health Sciences, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYasuharu Tabara
Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorFumihiko Matsuda
Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorNoriaki Ichihashi
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorNagahama Study Group
The Nagahama Study group executive committee is composed of the following individuals: Yasuharu Tabara, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Kazuya Setoh, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Shinji Kosugi, Takeo Nakayama, and Fumihiko Matsuda from Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Ya.T, T.K., K.S., F.M.); Department of Health Informatics (Yo.T, T.N.), Department of Medical Ethics and Medical Genetics (S.K.), Kyoto University School of Public Health.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tetsuya Hirono
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence
Tetsuya Hirono, RPT MSc, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTome Ikezoe
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMomoko Yamagata
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Human Development, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakehiro Kato
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorJun Umehara
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKo Yanase
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSayaka Nakao
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTadao Tsuboyama
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
School of Health Sciences, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYasuharu Tabara
Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorFumihiko Matsuda
Center for Genomic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorNoriaki Ichihashi
Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorNagahama Study Group
The Nagahama Study group executive committee is composed of the following individuals: Yasuharu Tabara, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Kazuya Setoh, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Shinji Kosugi, Takeo Nakayama, and Fumihiko Matsuda from Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Ya.T, T.K., K.S., F.M.); Department of Health Informatics (Yo.T, T.N.), Department of Medical Ethics and Medical Genetics (S.K.), Kyoto University School of Public Health.
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Aim
The present study aimed to investigate the age-related changes in gait speeds and asymmetry during circular and straight-line gaits among older adults aged 60–79 years.
Methods
The study included 391 community-dwelling older adults aged >60 years, who participated in the Nagahama cohort study. They were assigned to four age groups: 60–64 years (early 60s), 65–69 years (late 60s), 70–74 years (early 70s) and 75–79 years (late 70s). For the circular gait test, the time required to walk twice around a 1-m diameter circle for right and left rotations were measured. The average time of the two trials was measured as the circular gait time, and the side-to-side difference in the circular gait times was calculated as an asymmetry index. Walking speed, asymmetry of step length, and asymmetry of stance duration time during straight-line gait at comfortable and maximal walking pace were measured.
Results
Circular gait time in older women in the late 70s group was significantly slower than that in other age groups; however, no age-related change was observed in older men. Maximal gait speeds in the early and late 70s groups were significantly slower than those in the early 60s group.
Conclusions
Age-related decline in circular gait speed was observed in older women aged ≥75 years, but not in older men. Maximal straight-line gait speed decreased significantly in both genders after the age of 70 years. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 404–410.
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