Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults
BackgroundTurning during walking and volitionally modulating walking speed introduces complexity to gait and has been minimally explored.Research questionHow do the spatiotemporal parameters vary between young adults walking at a normal speed and a slower speed while making 90°, 180°, and 360° turns...
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| author | Julian Madrid Leo Benning Leo Benning Mischa Selig Baptiste Ulrich Brigitte M. Jolles Brigitte M. Jolles Julien Favre David H. Benninger |
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| description | BackgroundTurning during walking and volitionally modulating walking speed introduces complexity to gait and has been minimally explored.Research questionHow do the spatiotemporal parameters vary between young adults walking at a normal speed and a slower speed while making 90°, 180°, and 360° turns?MethodsIn a laboratory setting, the spatiotemporal parameters of 10 young adults were documented as they made turns at 90°, 180°, and 360°. A generalized linear model was utilized to determine the effect of both walking speed and turning amplitude.ResultsYoung adults volitionally reducing their walking speed while turning at different turning amplitudes significantly decreased their cadence and spatial parameters while increasing their temporal parameters. In conditions of slower movement, the variability of certain spatial parameters decreased, while the variability of some temporal parameters increased.SignificanceThis research broadens the understanding of turning biomechanics in relation to volitionally reducing walking speed. Cadence might be a pace gait constant synchronizing the rhythmic integration of several inputs to coordinate an ordered gait pattern output. Volition might up-regulate or down-regulate this pace gait constant (i.e., cadence) which creates the feeling of modulating walking speed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa9bcbf804fe4482b4c3a06b3cf4a5922024-03-07T13:24:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612024-02-011810.3389/fnhum.2024.12697721269772Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adultsJulian Madrid0Leo Benning1Leo Benning2Mischa Selig3Baptiste Ulrich4Brigitte M. Jolles5Brigitte M. Jolles6Julien Favre7David H. Benninger8Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DNC), Clinic of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandUniversity Emergency Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, G.E.R.N. Research Center for Tissue Replacement, Regeneration and Neogenesis, Freiburg, GermanySwiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine (DAL), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandSwiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine (DAL), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Microengineering, Lausanne, SwitzerlandSwiss BioMotion Lab, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine (DAL), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (DNC), Clinic of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandBackgroundTurning during walking and volitionally modulating walking speed introduces complexity to gait and has been minimally explored.Research questionHow do the spatiotemporal parameters vary between young adults walking at a normal speed and a slower speed while making 90°, 180°, and 360° turns?MethodsIn a laboratory setting, the spatiotemporal parameters of 10 young adults were documented as they made turns at 90°, 180°, and 360°. A generalized linear model was utilized to determine the effect of both walking speed and turning amplitude.ResultsYoung adults volitionally reducing their walking speed while turning at different turning amplitudes significantly decreased their cadence and spatial parameters while increasing their temporal parameters. In conditions of slower movement, the variability of certain spatial parameters decreased, while the variability of some temporal parameters increased.SignificanceThis research broadens the understanding of turning biomechanics in relation to volitionally reducing walking speed. Cadence might be a pace gait constant synchronizing the rhythmic integration of several inputs to coordinate an ordered gait pattern output. Volition might up-regulate or down-regulate this pace gait constant (i.e., cadence) which creates the feeling of modulating walking speed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1269772/fullgaitwalking speedvolitionslowingturningcadence |
| spellingShingle | Julian Madrid Leo Benning Leo Benning Mischa Selig Baptiste Ulrich Brigitte M. Jolles Brigitte M. Jolles Julien Favre David H. Benninger Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults Frontiers in Human Neuroscience gait walking speed volition slowing turning cadence |
| title | Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| title_full | Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| title_fullStr | Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| title_short | Slowing gait during turning: how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| title_sort | slowing gait during turning how volition of modifying walking speed affects the gait pattern in healthy adults |
| topic | gait walking speed volition slowing turning cadence |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1269772/full |
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