About this Research Topic
One of the biggest concerns in public health today is the gathering and dissemination of knowledge to allow healthy aging. Among the essential pillars of healthy aging is the maintenance of mobility through regular physical exercise. Mobility has been defined as the ability to move oneself within life space (home, community and beyond) by walking, using assistive devices, or transpor tation. Aging has been described as a process inherent to all living beings, which with the passage of time is expressed by the loss of the ability to adapt to environmental variations and the decrease in maximum functionality, being genetically determined and environmentally modulated. Among the physiological changes that occur with aging, impaired balance and gait of older adults stand out. Thus, the study of the physiology of gait and balance in older adults is a critical subject that is in synergy with the United Nations Decade of Healthy Aging (2021–2030).
The collection welcomes submissions covering:
- Mobility, gait and balance in older adults
- Physiology of walking and aging
- Exercise physiology, gait, balance, and aging
- Aging, locomotion, and bioenergetics
- Muscle architecture and muscle mechanical properties and their relations with gait and balance in older adults
- Biomechanics of gait/balance and aging
- Movement analysis in older adults
- Muscle-tendon morphology and mechanics during gait in older adults
- Joint and bone morphology and mechanics during gait in older adults
- Biomechanics of muscle-tendon injuries and diseases affecting gait and balance in older adults
- Biomechanics of joint and bone injuries and diseases affecting gait and balance in older adults
- Effects of age, frailty and comorbidity on physiology and biomechanics of gait
This Research Topic encourages the submission of Original Research and Systematic Review (with or without Meta-analysis) articles.
The Research Topic is part of the Frontiers in Physiology Healthy Aging series. The Research Topic will support #SDG3 Good Health and Well Being, #SDG10 Reduced Inequalities as well as #SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities.
The collection welcomes submissions covering:
- Mobility, gait and balance in older adults
- Physiology of walking and aging
- Exercise physiology, gait, balance, and aging
- Aging, locomotion, and bioenergetics
- Muscle architecture and muscle mechanical properties and their relations with gait and balance in older adults
- Biomechanics of gait/balance and aging
- Movement analysis in older adults
- Muscle-tendon morphology and mechanics during gait in older adults
- Joint and bone morphology and mechanics during gait in older adults
- Biomechanics of muscle-tendon injuries and diseases affecting gait and balance in older adults
- Biomechanics of joint and bone injuries and diseases affecting gait and balance in older adults
- Effects of age, frailty and comorbidity on physiology and biomechanics of gait
This Research Topic encourages the submission of Original Research and Systematic Review (with or without Meta-analysis) articles.
The Research Topic is part of the Frontiers in Physiology Healthy Aging series. The Research Topic will support #SDG3 Good Health and Well Being, #SDG10 Reduced Inequalities as well as #SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities.
Keywords: Aging, Physiology, Gait, Balance, Biomechanics
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
