Walking patterns and finger rhythm of older adults
Walking patterns and finger rhythm of older adults
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DOI：
10.2466/pms.1996.82.2.435
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发表时间：
1996-04-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Furuna, T
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作者：
Nagasaki, H;Itoh, H;Furuna, T
对 1,134 名 65 岁及以上的男性和女性社区居民的步行模式和手指的节奏运动进行了检查。步行模式的特征是在以首选速度和最大速度水平步行期间，步长除以步频（节奏）的比率，称为步行比率。步行模式往往会随着年龄的增长而改变；年长的受试者以较短的步幅行走（较小的步行比率）。根据 4 Hz 节拍器的声音及时进行手指敲击测试来检查节奏运动。加速敲击或手指活动，其中受试者敲击的速度比要求的更快（敲击间隔的持续误差为 3 毫秒及以上），是衰老的特征； 16.8%的受试者表现出手指颤抖，并且这种现象随着年龄的增长而增加，尤其是在八十多岁的人中（29.3%）。手指活动伴随着步速增加或步行比率较小的步行模式。这些衰老特征被讨论为与帕金森病患者行走和节律产生的锥体外系症状相似。
Walking patterns and rhythmic movement of the fingers were examined in a total of 1,134 male and female community residents 65 years of age and over. Walking patterns were characterized according to the ratio of step length divided by step rate (cadence), called the Walk Ratio, during level walking at preferred and maximum speeds. The walking pattern tended to change according to age; older subjects walked with shorter steps (smaller Walk Ratio). Rhythmic movement was examined using the finger-tapping test in time to the sound of a 4-Hz metronome. Hastened tapping or finger festination, in which the subject tapped faster than requested (constant error of 3 msec. and over in the intertap interval), was characteristic of aging; 16.8% of the subjects exhibited finger festination and the occurrence increased with age, especially among those in their eighties (29.3%). Finger festination was accompanied by walking patterns with an increased step rate, or a smaller Walk Ratio. These characteristics of aging were discussed as similar to extrapyramidal symptoms of walking and rhythm production in patients with Parkinson's disease.