Step width variability
12 papers study it16 more mention it5 findings
- Human trial3
- Humans9
Interventions
1Fast walking
upin humans1
1 study
Fast walking
upin humans1
Fast walking increases step width variability in humans.
“During the protocol, both age-groups increased step-width variability.”
Human trialyoung and old adults70% of maximum heart rate20 min or until exhaustion
Kinematic Changes during Prolonged Fast-Walking in Old and Young Adults
Frontiers in medicine
Associations
2Fall risk
upin humans2
2 studies
Fall risk
upin humans2
Step width variability predicts fall risk in humans (AUC = 0.715).
“Among these, TUG and step-width CV demonstrated the highest discriminative ability (AUC = 0.708 and 0.715, respectively).”
Humansn = 446
Life (Basel, Switzerland)
Step width variability predicts fall risk in humans.
“Thus, gait variability, particularly step width variability, is a crucial predictor of fall risk.”
Humansn = 303
Scientific reports
Fall risk is associated with step width variability in humans.
“Notably, the step width variability was higher in the fall-risk group under both speed conditions and showed greater discriminative power at increased walking speed.”
Humansn = 303
Scientific reports
Destination visual fixations
downin humans1
1 study
Destination visual fixations
downin humans1
Step width variability is associated with destination visual fixations in humans (ρ = -0.464, p = 0.006).
“greater variability of step width was associated with fewer percentages of the number of fixations (ρ = -0.464, p = 0.006) and fixation duration on the destination (ρ = -0.452, p = 0.007)”
Humansin fallersn = 37
Journal of safety research