Relación Entre Composición Corporal Y Movimientos Realizados Durante La Marcha en Mujeres

Abstract

Rev.int.med.cienc.act.fís.deporte -vol. 18 -número 72 -ISSN: 1577-0354 693 Leirós-Rodríguez, R.; Romo-Pérez, V.; Arce-Fariña, M.E. y García-Soidán, J.L. (2018) Relación entre composición corporal y movimientos realizados durante la marcha en mujeres / Associations Between Body Composition and Movements During Gait in Women. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte vol. 18 (72) pp. 693-707 ABSTRACTThe aim of this paper is to explore the relationships between gait parameters and body composition in healthy women. A cross-sectional study with a sample composed of 112 healthy adult women (64.1 ± 8.6 years). The subjects walked a distance of 20 meters with a triaxial accelerometer attached at the fourth lumbar vertebra. The test was repeated three times and the mean of the three trials was used for the analysis. Clinical indicators (Timed Up and Go Test, 6-Minute Walk Test and waist perimeter) and body composition (bioimpedance) were also evaluated. Total body and lower limb fat mass percentages were strongly correlated with the average acceleration in vertical axis and the minimum value of module vector of the accelerations. In women over the age of 71, the percentage of total body fat and lower limbs determines body movements during gait. Therefore, the amount of fat mass is related to the stability in the gait of the elderly.

Validity and Reliability of a Tool for Accelerometric Assessment of Balance in Scholar Children

“…In the children included in this study, no relationship was observed between body weight or BMI and the result of any of the clinical indicators or accelerometric variables, which is in contrast to the results obtained in previous studies conducted with adolescents and pre-adolescents [25,26]. It has been demonstrated that obesity modifies the geometry of the body, increasing the weight and volume of the limbs and, consequently, the predisposition to falling, due to biomechanical limitations [26,27]. Therefore, this controversial finding may be due to the young age of the study sample, or the lack of overweight and obese participants who could confirm the existence of such a relationship between BMI and postural control during childhood.…”

Percentiles and Reference Values for the Accelerometric Assessment of Static Balance in Women Aged 50–80 Years

“…The following inclusion criteria were used: (a) engaged in physical activity between 1 and 2 days/week; (b) walked between 30 and 90 min 4 days a week; (c) be over 50 years; and (d) have a good level on independence and gait stability (could complete the Timed Up and Go Test in 10 s or less) [23].…”

“…At the same time, they also indicate the need to identify a set of accelerometric variables in order to define a solid, objective and reliable model for the clinical assessment of equilibrium [19][20][21]. In this line, the studies of Leirós-Rodríguez et al [22,23] have advanced, in which the reliability of the records from the fourth lumbar vertebra was confirmed, the suitability of the realisation of the static equilibrium tests for 30 s was assessed and the creation of a tool composed of three static equilibrium tests was reported [24]: two tests on the ground in monopodal support (one with open eyes and one with closed eyes) and a test on a mat with monopodal support with open eyes. From the accelerometric records during the same period, eleven variables should be drawn, all of which refer to the maximum and/or averaged values obtained in the vector module, in the sagittal plane (for the test of monopodal equilibrium on mat) and the frontal plane (for the tests of monopodal balance on the ground).…”