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Temporal gait characteristics in the Czech adult population

KORVAS, Pavel and Vladimír HELLEBRANDT

Basic information

Original name

Temporal gait characteristics in the Czech adult population

Authors

KORVAS, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Vladimír HELLEBRANDT (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Španělsko, Alicante, Special Issue; Supplementary Issue: 8th INSHS International Christmas Sport Scientific Conference, 5-7 December 2013, p. 546-551, 6 pp. 2013

Publisher

University of Alicante

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

Sport and leisure time activities

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/13:00079734

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

ISSN

DOI

Keywords in English

stance age BMI

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 24/3/2015 12:50, Mgr. Radka Nevařilová

Abstract

V originále

A descriptive comparative research study of gait of the Czech population has been carried out. Its aim was to assess temporal characteristics of a stance in the Czech population in relation to the BMI and age. To obtain basic data the Pedar Mobile System (Novel GER) with capacitative insoles was used. 170 men and women aged 18-60 divided by gender and age into three natural biological groups (18-30 , 31-45 , 46-60 years of age) were measured (Kovář 1997, Riegrová 1998, Pavlík 2007). Basic temporal characteristics of a stance were selected focusing on a comparison of the duration of the initial and terminal double limb stances and the single limb stance between the individual groups. These variables were assessed in relation to age and the BMI using ANOVA, Tukey HSD test and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient to assess the results. The statistical significance level was set at alpha = 0.05. There were no significant differences found in the main observed variables, i.e. the initial and terminal double limb stances and the single limb stance in any age groups, neither in women or men in terms of age and BMI. The only difference detected was in the swing time in both the younger groups and the oldest group of participants in cases where they were not divided by gender. The swing time got significantly reduced in the oldest age category. The moderate correlation coefficient was found between the selected characteristics of a stance and the BMI or age for all the groups (r=0,3 – 0,5). This means that neither the BMI nor age significantly affect the initial and terminal double limb stance time and the single limb stance time in the observed research participants aged 60 and below.