Toward a Better Understanding of Gait Changes With Age and Disablement: Neuromuscular Adaptation
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 31 (2) , 102-108
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003677-200304000-00009
Abstract
MCGIBBON, C. A. Toward a better understanding of gait changes with age and disablement: Neuromuscular adaptation. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 102–108, 2003. Gait changes in the elderly, such as reduced step length and walking speed, are well documented but not well understood. This review explores the hypothesis that neuromuscular adaptations are a response to age-related impairments and play a key role in causing gait changes in the elderly, and that different neuromuscular adaptations may exist depending on the impairment and presence of comorbidities, such as knee arthritis.Keywords
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