Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor
Mobility across people with a large range of age was evaluated, for the first time, by using an instrumented timed up and go test (iTUG) based on signals acquired by a single wearable inertial sensor. Eighty healthy participants, from childhood to old age, performed the test, covering walking distan...
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| author | Giulia R.A. Mangano Maria S. Valle Antonino Casabona Alessandro Vagnini Matteo Cioni |
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| description | Mobility across people with a large range of age was evaluated, for the first time, by using an instrumented timed up and go test (iTUG) based on signals acquired by a single wearable inertial sensor. Eighty healthy participants, from childhood to old age, performed the test, covering walking distances of 3 m and 7 m. Total time, temporal, and velocity parameters of linear and turning subcomponents of the test were quantified. While children, adults, and senior adults exhibited similar values for all the parameters, older adults showed increases in duration and reductions in velocity during the turning phases when compared with the other groups. an increase in velocity was observed during mid turning when the test was performed along the longer distance. Similarity across children, adults, and senior adults indicates that healthy individuals develop the abilities performed in the iTUG early, while the slowing down shown during the turning phases by the older adults may reflect the need to implement adaptive adjustments to face changes of direction. These results emphasize the idea that reducing equipment to a single sensor provides an appropriate quantification when the iTUG is used to investigate a broader age range or different levels of complexity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90b2af4ccf474c42a24dd4e58b42d13a2022-12-22T01:57:54ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-01-0120371910.3390/s20030719s20030719Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single SensorGiulia R.A. Mangano0Maria S. Valle1Antonino Casabona2Alessandro Vagnini3Matteo Cioni4Laboratory of Neuro-Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyLaboratory of Neuro-Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyLaboratory of Neuro-Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyBTS Bioengineering, 20024 Garbagnate Milanese, ItalyLaboratory of Neuro-Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyMobility across people with a large range of age was evaluated, for the first time, by using an instrumented timed up and go test (iTUG) based on signals acquired by a single wearable inertial sensor. Eighty healthy participants, from childhood to old age, performed the test, covering walking distances of 3 m and 7 m. Total time, temporal, and velocity parameters of linear and turning subcomponents of the test were quantified. While children, adults, and senior adults exhibited similar values for all the parameters, older adults showed increases in duration and reductions in velocity during the turning phases when compared with the other groups. an increase in velocity was observed during mid turning when the test was performed along the longer distance. Similarity across children, adults, and senior adults indicates that healthy individuals develop the abilities performed in the iTUG early, while the slowing down shown during the turning phases by the older adults may reflect the need to implement adaptive adjustments to face changes of direction. These results emphasize the idea that reducing equipment to a single sensor provides an appropriate quantification when the iTUG is used to investigate a broader age range or different levels of complexity.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/3/719instrumented timed up and go testwearable sensormobilityturningaging |
| spellingShingle | Giulia R.A. Mangano Maria S. Valle Antonino Casabona Alessandro Vagnini Matteo Cioni Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor Sensors instrumented timed up and go test wearable sensor mobility turning aging |
| title | Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor |
| title_full | Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor |
| title_fullStr | Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor |
| title_short | Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor |
| title_sort | age related changes in mobility evaluated by the timed up and go test instrumented through a single sensor |
| topic | instrumented timed up and go test wearable sensor mobility turning aging |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/3/719 |
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