TAILIEUCHUNG - Comparison of Gait of Young Women and Elderly Women

The use of hospital admission rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) has become an established tool for analyzing access to care [1,2]. ACSCs are conditions for which good outpatient care can potentially prevent the need for hospitalization. High rates of hospital admissions for ACSCs may provide evidence of problems with patient access to primary healthcare, inadequate skills and resources, or a mismatch in services. Thus, ACSC hospitalization rates provide a practical way of evaluating primary care delivery and thereby identifying and targeting places where it may be possible to improve access and quality in the health care delivery system. Studies have identified several factors that impact the rates of hospital admissions for. | Physical Therapy J Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association I y PTir Comparison of Gait of Young Women and Elderly Women Patricia A Hageman and Daniel J Blanke PHYS THER 1986 66 1382-1387. The online version of this article along with updated information and services can be found online at http content 66 9 1382 Collections This article along with others on similar topics appears in the following collection s Gait Disorders Geriatrics Other Women s Health Other e-Letters To submit an e-Letter on this article click here or click on Submit a response in the right-hand menu under Responses in the online version of this article. E-mail alerts Sign up here to receive free e-mail alerts Downloaded from http by guest on December 24 2012 Comparison of Gait of Young Women and Elderly Women PATRICIA A. HAGEMAN and DANIEL J. BLANKE The purpose of our study was to describe and compare free-speed gait patterns of healthy young women with healthy elderly women. The evaluation was completed with high-speed cinematography using synchronized front and side views of 26 healthy volunteers. One group was composed of 13 subjects 20 to 35 years of age and the other group was composed of 13 subjects 60 to 84 years of age. Each subject participated in one test session consisting of three filmed trials of free-speed ambulation down a 14-m walkway. The processed film was analyzed for 10 gait characteristics. Differences in gait characteristics between the two groups were examined using a correlated t test p .01 . The elderly women demonstrated significantly smaller values of step length stride length ankle range of motion pelvic obliquity and velocity when compared with the younger women. The results of our study suggest that the physical therapist should not establish similar expectations for young women and elderly women during gait rehabilitation. Key Words Gait Physical therapy. Understanding the effects of aging on movement and function

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