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2021
Comparison of forward and backward gait in males with and without intellectual disabilities
GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Michal BOZDĚCH, Alena SKOTÁKOVÁ, Vojtěch GRÜN, Hana VÁLKOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Comparison of forward and backward gait in males with and without intellectual disabilities
Authors
GIMUNOVÁ, Marta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal BOZDĚCH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alena SKOTÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch GRÜN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Hana VÁLKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, HOBOKEN, WILEY, 2021, 0964-2633
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30306 Sport and fitness sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.646
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14510/21:00122101
Organization unit
Faculty of Sports Studies
UT WoS
000681206000001
Keywords in English
backward gait; Down syndrome; forward gait; intellectual disability; Special Olympics
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Změněno: 21/4/2022 14:20, Mgr. Pavlína Roučová, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Background Intellectual disabilities (ID) affect both cognitive and motor functions. The backward gait is a daily activity and its assessment is used for fall risk estimation and training in the general population. For proper use of backward gait as a rehabilitation tool and in fall prevention programmes for people with ID, it is necessary to determine the backward gait characteristics in the ID population. The aim of this study was to compare the differences between forward and backward gait in persons with nonsyndromic mild and moderate ID, persons with Down syndrome (DS) and a control group of healthy adults. Methods Fifty males divided into four groups (mild ID: n = 15, moderate ID: n = 19, DS: n = 6, controls: n = 10) participated in this study. All participants were asked to walk both forward and backward, barefooted and at their natural velocity on a Zebris FDM platform. The Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to compare differences between the analysed groups in forward and backward gait. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the differences between forward and backward gait within each group. Results The velocity was significantly slower in moderate ID and DS compared to controls in forward and backward gait. When comparing forward and backward gait within each group, the gait velocity decreased in backward gait compared with forward gait by 21.80% in controls, by 33.89% in mild ID, by 34.45% in moderate ID, and by 40.32% in DS. In both moderate ID and DS, the mean backward velocity was slower than 2.16 km/h, the velocity used to identify elderly fallers in the general population. Conclusions Gait velocity was especially affected in DS and moderate ID compared with controls. In both mentioned groups, the backward gait velocity suggests an increased risk of falling. Future studies are necessary to examine the possibility of improving balance control and leg muscle strength by backward walking training in the ID population.
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