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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.
Sec. Biomechanics
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1515583

Influence of age and gender on gait kinematics of pelvis and hip in healthy adults aged 19-60 yr

Provisionally accepted
Dr Rajani Mullerpatan Dr Rajani Mullerpatan *Triveni Shetty Triveni Shetty Bela Agarwal Bela Agarwal
  • MGM Centre of Human Movement Science, MGM School of Physiotherapy, MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai, India

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    Purpose: Pelvic and hip motion are pivotal in maintaining postural control and energy efficient gait. An insight into influence of age and gender on the coupled motion of hip and pelvis in gait-cycle will guide clinical rehabilitation strategies and pertinent technology-design for specific age-groups. Therefore, present study evaluated pelvic and hip-joint gait kinematics in healthy females and males across adult-hood.Methods: Following signed-informed consent, pelvic and hip kinematics in 3-planes during stance-phase of gait were measured using 12-camera motion system and 2 force-plates, in 200 healthy Indian female and male volunteers(19-60yr.) stratified into 4-groups (19-30yr.;31-40 yr.;41-50yr.;51-60yr.).Results: With advancing age, males and females demonstrated a gradual rise in hip adduction (p<0.01) in coronal plane. Sagittal plane pelvic and hip kinematics did not change with advancing age among males whereas females above 30yr. demonstrated greater pelvic drop (49 %), pelvic tilt (35%) and hip adduction (69%) compared to females below 30yr. (p<0.01).In comparison to males, females demonstrated greater peak anterior pelvic tilt (32%), greater pelvic hike (28%) and protraction (28%) in 50-60yr. age-group (p< 0.05).Females across all age-groups demonstrated greater hip adduction compared to males (p< 0.05).Present findings add age and gender characterized gait-kinematics data of healthy adults from the most populous country to the existing 3-D data of gait from different populations. Clinicians and engineers, can leverage this knowledge of changing gait kinematics of healthy adults to design specific therapeutic strategies for aging men and women to optimize gait kinematics and advance design and

    Keywords: Walking pattern, loading, Gait biomechanics, Indian population, Sex-difference

    Received: 23 Oct 2024; Accepted: 23 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Rajani Mullerpatan, Shetty and Agarwal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Dr Rajani Mullerpatan, MGM Centre of Human Movement Science, MGM School of Physiotherapy, MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai, India

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