The Impact of Different Periods of Walking Experience on
Kinematic Gait Parameters in Toddlers

J 2022

The Impact of Different Periods of Walking Experience on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Toddlers

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Martin SEBERA, Michal BOZDĚCH, Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ, Tomáš VODIČKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The Impact of Different Periods of Walking Experience on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Toddlers

Authors

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin SEBERA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal BOZDĚCH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš VODIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, Switzerland, Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2022, 1660-4601

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.614 in 2021

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/22:00119908

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010058

UT WoS

000743679600001

Keywords in English

gait; children; motor development; temporal-spatial parameters; kinematic analysis

Abstract

V originále

This study aimed to analyse the kinematic differences in gait between three groups of toddlers who differed in their weeks of independent walking (IW) experience, but not in anthropometrical characteristics, to determine the relationship between walking experience without the side effect of morphological differences on gait parameters. Twenty-six toddlers participated in this study. Depending on the week of their IW, toddlers were divided into three groups: Group 1 (1–5 weeks of IW), Group 2 (6–10 weeks of IW), and Group 3 (11–15 weeks of IW). Each toddler walked barefooted over a 2-m long pathway, and 3D kinematic data were obtained. A decrease in the upper limb position, hip flexion, and step width, i.e., changes towards the adult gait pattern, were observed in Group 3. Less experienced walkers exhibited a wider step width despite no statistically significant difference in body mass and height between groups. Results of this study show no statistically significant difference in step length between groups, suggesting that step length is more related to height than to the walking experience. The increased step length in more experienced walkers reported in previous studies may therefore be a result of different heights and not walking experience.

Links

MUNI/A/1196/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Kinematické a dynamické parametry v prvních měsících chůze zdravých batolat a batolat s diagnostikovanou valgozitou kotníků

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

TJ02000059, research and development project

Name: První kroky: analýza chůze zdravých batolat a batolat s diagnostikovanou valgozitou kotníků a vliv speciální obuvi (Acronym: První kroky)

Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, First steps: gait analysis in healthy toddlers and toddlers with calcaneus valgus diagnosis and the effect of special footwear

Citovat

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Martin SEBERA, Michal BOZDĚCH, Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ, Tomáš VODIČKA and Martin ZVONAŘ. The Impact of Different Periods of Walking Experience on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Toddlers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Switzerland: Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2022, vol. 19, No 1, p. 1-7. ISSN 1660-4601. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010058.

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GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Martin SEBERA, Michal BOZDĚCH, Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ, Tomáš VODIČKA and Martin ZVONAŘ. The Impact of Different Periods of Walking Experience on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Toddlers. \textit{INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH}. Switzerland: Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2022, vol.~19, No~1, p.~1-7. ISSN~1660-4601. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010058.

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