Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls

Background Gait characteristics are important risk factors for falls, hospitalisations and mortality in older adults, but the impact of COPD on gait performance remains unclear. We aimed to identify differences in gait characteristics between adults with COPD and healthy age-matched controls during...

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Main Authors: Joren Buekers, Dimitrios Megaritis, Sarah Koch, Lisa Alcock, Nadir Ammour, Clemens Becker, Stefano Bertuletti, Tecla Bonci, Philip Brown, Ellen Buckley, Sara C. Buttery, Brian Caulfied, Andrea Cereatti, Nikolaos Chynkiamis, Heleen Demeyer, Carlos Echevarria, Anja Frei, Clint Hansen, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Nicholas S. Hopkinson, Emily Hume, Arne Kuederle, Walter Maetzler, Claudia Mazzà, Encarna M. Micó-Amigo, Arne Mueller, Luca Palmerini, Francesca Salis, Kirsty Scott, Thierry Troosters, Beatrix Vereijken, Henrik Watz, Lynn Rochester, Silvia Del Din, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Judith Garcia-Aymerich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2023-09-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/5/00159-2023.full