Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults.
Obesity has been related to postural instability during static standing. It remains unknown how obesity influences stability during dynamic movements like gait. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of obesity on dynamic gait stability control in young adults during gait. Fort...
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| description | Obesity has been related to postural instability during static standing. It remains unknown how obesity influences stability during dynamic movements like gait. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of obesity on dynamic gait stability control in young adults during gait. Forty-four young adults (21 normal-weight and 23 obese) participated in this study. Participants walked five times at their self-selected gait speeds on a linear walkway. Their full-body kinematics were gathered by a motion capture system. Compared with normal-weight group, individuals with obesity walked more slowly with a shorter but wider step. People with obesity also spent an elongated double stance phase than those with normal weight. A reduced gait speed decreases the body center of mass's velocity relative to the base of support, leading to a reduction in dynamic stability. On the other hand, a shortened step in accompanying with a less backward-leaning trunk has the potential to bring the center of mass closer to the base of support, resulting in an increase in dynamic stability. As the result of these adaptive changes to the gait pattern, dynamic gait stability among people with obesity did not significantly differ from the one among people with normal weight. Obesity seems to not be inducing dynamic stability disadvantage in young adults during level overground walking. These findings could provide insight into the mechanisms of stability control among people affected by obesity during dynamic locomotion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a84b662667c0454ab6299ad1cee3e7f92022-12-22T00:01:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01121e016976610.1371/journal.pone.0169766Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults.Zhong-Qi LiuFeng YangObesity has been related to postural instability during static standing. It remains unknown how obesity influences stability during dynamic movements like gait. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of obesity on dynamic gait stability control in young adults during gait. Forty-four young adults (21 normal-weight and 23 obese) participated in this study. Participants walked five times at their self-selected gait speeds on a linear walkway. Their full-body kinematics were gathered by a motion capture system. Compared with normal-weight group, individuals with obesity walked more slowly with a shorter but wider step. People with obesity also spent an elongated double stance phase than those with normal weight. A reduced gait speed decreases the body center of mass's velocity relative to the base of support, leading to a reduction in dynamic stability. On the other hand, a shortened step in accompanying with a less backward-leaning trunk has the potential to bring the center of mass closer to the base of support, resulting in an increase in dynamic stability. As the result of these adaptive changes to the gait pattern, dynamic gait stability among people with obesity did not significantly differ from the one among people with normal weight. Obesity seems to not be inducing dynamic stability disadvantage in young adults during level overground walking. These findings could provide insight into the mechanisms of stability control among people affected by obesity during dynamic locomotion.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5235382?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Zhong-Qi Liu Feng Yang Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. PLoS ONE |
| title | Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. |
| title_full | Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. |
| title_fullStr | Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. |
| title_short | Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults. |
| title_sort | obesity may not induce dynamic stability disadvantage during overground walking among young adults |
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