Gait complexity

1. Anticholinergics impair gait complexity in humans.

   “moderate and high exposure were associated with poorer function on the Complexity dimension.”

   Humansoutpatients of a diagnostic geriatric day clinicmoderate and high exposuren = 184

   Anticholinergic and Sedative Medications and Dynamic Gait Parameters in Older Patients

   Drugs & aging·Dec 2, 2021

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1. Plantar flexor torque complexity is associated with gait complexity in humans (τ = 0.245, BF10 = 3.985).

   “A positive Bayesian correlation between torque and gait complexity was observed in older adults (τ = 0.245, BF10 = 3.985).”

   Humanshealthysingle laboratory sessionn = 38

   Complexity of plantar flexor torque and gait covaries in older adults: a network physiology approach to neuromuscular aging

   Frontiers in network physiology·Oct 7, 2026

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1. Gait complexity is associated with fall risk in humans.

   “A higher fall risk is noted with higher gait variability (coefficient of variance of stride time), intensity (cadence), and quantity (number of steps), and a lower gait complexity”

   Humanscommunity-dwellingn = 301

   Association of prospective falls in older people with ubiquitous step-based fall risk parameters calculated from ambulatory inertial signals: retrospective observational data analysis study (Preprint)

   Preprint·Jun 2, 2023