Gait Attitude according to Socioeconomic Status in Self-reliant Elderly

ABSTRACT The gait is critical to the elderly functionality; in addition, attitudinal expression is related to different emotional states, which are conditioned by socioeconomic status (SES). The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate gait behavior attitudinal attributes according to SES in self-reliant community-dwelling elderly. This study involved 71 self-reliant elderly of Talca-Chile, categorized according to the SES, to whom we applied the shape and effort gait analysis previous reliability characterization. The results indicate that the gait style is not different depending on the SES in self-reliant elderly; however, qualified profiles show variations in anchors which are gender dependent.

摘要：步态对老年人的日常生活功能至关重要；此外，姿态表现与不同情绪状态相关，而情绪状态受社会经济地位（Socioeconomic Status, SES）的制约。本研究旨在评估独立社区居住老年人的步态行为姿态属性与社会经济地位之间的关联。本研究纳入智利塔尔卡市的71名独立生活老年人，按社会经济地位进行分组，并对其实施了经前期信度验证的步态形态与用力分析。研究结果显示，独立社区居住老年人的步态风格不存在基于社会经济地位的差异；但与性别相关的锚定参数存在差异。