Researchers analyzed 3D gait data recorded via several markers attached to the lower limbs. Credit: Tadashi Ito, Reiko Matsushita
Japanese children develop their manner of walking differently from children in other countries.
Researchers discovered that the way Japanese children walk, or their gait, develops differently from children in other nations.
Gait is a complicated, unconscious motor pattern that is required for the majority of everyday tasks. It consists of a series of motions involving the hip, knee, and foot. A person’s gait is critical in measuring their quality of life and health status from a medical standpoint. To help treat individuals with movement disorders, researchers are trying to understand the forces involved in gait. However, data on age-related gait parameters in children are scarce in Japan.
Tadashi Ito and Hideshi Sugiura from DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11906-1
There was no acquisition of funding for this study.
