VERBAL COUNTING DURING WALK INFLUENCES FRACTAL DYNAMICS AND FLUCTUATION OF GAIT IN HEALTHY ADULTS

• TSUGITA Naomi

  Faculty of Nursing, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal　Arts

• WATANABE Yuya

  Faculty of Health & Sports Science, Doshisha University

• YOKOYAMA Keiichi

  Non-profit organization Genki-up AGE project

• YOSHINAKA Yasuko

  Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,Kyotogakuen University

• KIMURA Misaka

  Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Kyotogakuen　University

• OKAYAMA Yasuko

  Faculty of Nursing, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal　Arts

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 健常な成人における歩行中の掛け声と歩行リズムの関係

Abstract

This study compared the walking indices between with and without own verbal counting in 28 healthy adults (66.1± 8.4 years). Walking data were obtained using footswitches set in the participants’ shoes. Stride time (ST), coefficient　of variation of ST (STCV) and fractal scaling index (α) were calculated. ST and α were significantly correlated　with age (r=-0.47~-0.42, p＜0.05). When participants were divided into two groups by STCV and α, walking with　verbal counting significantly reduced the STCV of the higher STCV group, and increased the α of the lower α group.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Physiological Anthropology

  Japanese Journal of Physiological Anthropology 21 (2), 51-58, 2016

  Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology

Keywords

• CPG
• 1/f
• DFA
• Sound stimulation

Details

• CRID: 1390001204455202560
• NII Article ID: 130006189472
• DOI: 10.20718/jjpa.21.2_51
• ISSN: 24320986
• ISSN: 13423215
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2016322078
• Text Lang: ja
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  • CiNii Articles
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• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed