Objective measures of rollator user stability and device loading during different walking scenarios.

Walking aids are widely used by older adults, however, alarmingly, their use has been linked to increased falls-risk, yet clinicians have no objective way of assessing user stability. This work aims to demonstrate the application of a novel methodology to investigate how the type of walking task, th...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Costamagna, Sibylle B Thies, Laurence P J Kenney, David Howard, Ulrich Lindemann, Jochen Klenk, Rose Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210960