Age-Related Differences in Trunk Kinematics and Interplanar Decoupling with the Pelvis during Gait in Healthy Older versus Younger Men

Alexander Dallaway; Michael Duncan; Corbin Griffen; Jason Tallis; Derek Renshaw; John Hattersley

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Age-Related Differences in Trunk Kinematics and Interplanar Decoupling with the Pelvis during Gait in Healthy Older versus Younger Men

Alexander Dallaway, Michael Duncan, Corbin Griffen, Jason Tallis, Derek Renshaw, John Hattersley

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This study investigated age-related differences in trunk kinematics during walking in healthy men. Secondary aims were to investigate the covarying effects of physical activity (PA) and lumbar paravertebral muscle (LPM) morphology on trunk kinematics, and the effect of age on interplanar coupling between the trunk and pelvis. Three-dimensional (3D) trunk and pelvis motion data were obtained for 12 older (67.3 ± 6.0 years) and 12 younger (24.7 ± 3.1 years) healthy men during walking at a self-selected speed along a 10 m walkway. Phase-specific differences were observed in the coronal and transverse planes, with midstance and swing phases highlighted as instances when trunk and pelvic kinematics differed significantly (p < 0.05) between the younger group and older group. Controlling for age, fewer significant positive correlations were revealed between trunk and pelvic ranges and planes of motion. LPM morphology and PA were not significant covariates of age-related differences in trunk kinematics. Age-related differences in trunk kinematics were most apparent in the coronal and transverse planes. The results further indicate ageing causes an uncoupling of interplanar upper body movements during gait. These findings provide important information for rehabilitation programmes in older adults designed to improve trunk motion, as well as enable identification of higher-risk movement patterns related to falling.

Original language	English
Article number	2951
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082951
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2023

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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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This research was jointly funded by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Coventry University and carried out with the support of the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Research Facility. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Coventry University, the NIHR or the Department of Health. The APC was funded by the University of Wolverhampton.

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3D motion analysis
walking gait
ageing
back muscles
kinematics

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