comparison of stepping parameters and center of foot pressure properties during different tempo stepping movements走的比较参数和足底压力中心属性在不同节奏步进运动.pdfVIP

Vol.4, No.10, 832-837 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.410128 Comparison of stepping parameters and center of foot pressure properties during different tempo stepping movements 1* 2 3 4 5 Shunsuke Yamaji , Shinichi Demura , Sohee Shin , Hiroki Aoki , Yamamoto Yuta 1Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan; *Corresponding Author: yamaji@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp 2Graduate School of Natural Science Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan 3School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan 4Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa, Japan 5Kanazawa Gakuin High School, Kanazawa, Japan Received 10 July 2012; revised 8 August 2012; accepted 18 August 2012 ABSTRACT issue in many countries due to the increasing aging rate of the population. Prevention of bone fractures caused by This study was designed to examine the trial- falls is important as well [1,2]. Falls are the result of a to-trial reliability of stepping parameters and to complex set of factors including physical function, envi- compare the center of foot pressure (COP) when ronment, disease, and medications [3]. Because the im- adapting to different tempos. Twenty healthy men provement of physical function with appropriate exercise (M age = 20.8, SD = 1.9 years) performed step- is very effective for fall prevention in healthy elderly ping tests to fixed tempos. The intra-class cor- people, most fall prevention programs aim mainly to re