Obesity May Not Induce Dynamic Stability Disadvantage during Overground Walking among Young Adults.

ABSTRACT: Obesity has been related to postural instability during static standing. It remains unknown how obesity influences stability during dynamic movements like gait. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effects of obesity on dynamic gait stability control in young adults during gait. Forty-four young adults (21 normal-weight and 23 obese) participated in this study. Participants walked five times at their self-selected gait speeds on a linear walkway. Their full-body kinematics were gathered by a motion capture system. Compared with normal-weight group, individuals with obesity walked more slowly with a shorter but wider step. People with obesity also spent an elongated double stance phase than those with normal weight. A reduced gait speed decreases the body center of mass's ve

SUBMITTER: Liu ZQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5235382 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature