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This study examined the effectiveness of using the center of mass (COM)-Ankle
inclination angles to identify elderly individuals with gait imbalance. Whole
body motions of 12 elderly patients with gait imbalance and 12 healthy elderly
controls were captured with an 8-camera motion analysis system. Inclination
angles between the line formed between the COM and lateral ankle marker or by the
COM and center of pressure (COP) and their respective vertical lines were
computed for each frame during the single stance phase of gait. Similar to the
results for COM-COP angles, the results showed that COM-Ankle inclination angles
during the single stance phase could successfully distinguish elderly individuals
with gait imbalance from healthy elderly adults. Examination of the COM-Ankle
inclination angles could be an alternative assessment to clinical populations who
possess inconsistent gait that hinder the calculation of the COM-COP inclination
angles.
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