A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait

The timed up and go test (TUG) is a common clinical functional balance often used to complement findings on sensorimotor changes due aging or sensory/motor dysfunction. instrumented TUG can be obtain objective postural gait measures that are more sensitive mobility changes. We investigated whether body coordination during representative of walking. examined the walking phase compared metrics (stride duration length, speed, step frequency) head/trunk accelerations normal latter key aspect control also reveal in sensory motor function. Forty participants were recruited into three groups: young adults, older adults with visual impairment. All performed short task wearing ultra-lightweight wireless IMUs head, chest, right ankle. Gait acceleration comparable across tasks. Further, stride length speed correlated participants’ age. Those impairment walked significantly slower than sighted adults. suggest valuable tool for examining stability without added time space constraints.