Obesity Is Associated With Gait Alterations and Gait Asymmetry in Older Adults.
Hao MengStacey L GorniakPublished in: Motor control (2022)
OB may impair gait automation capacity in OAs. Both body weight and BMI remain good measures in terms of establishing correlations with gait stability in OAs. However, the amount of fat mass surrounding the abdomen could be vital to interpreting the alterations in the gait of OAs with obesity.