Home assessment

1. Home assessment increases stride time in humans (+0.28 s stride time; double support 0.18 to 0.43 s).

   “The stride time lengthened by 0.28 s, of which 88% was double support, which doubled from 0.18 to 0.43 s”

   Humansassessed at home versus clinical corridor walkn = 3,424

   Shorter steps rather than slower stepping: decomposing the ecological gap between clinical and home gait speed in older adults

   medRxiv·11 Aug 2026Preprint

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1. Home assessment decreases step length in humans (67.3% of gait speed gap).

   “step length accounted for 67.3% of it (95% CI: 66.2-68.5) and cadence for 33.7%”

   Humansdecomposing ecological gap in gait speedn = 3,424

   Shorter steps rather than slower stepping: decomposing the ecological gap between clinical and home gait speed in older adults

   medRxiv·11 Aug 2026Preprint

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1. Home assessment decreases gait speed in humans (-0.41 m/s (-42%)).

   “Participants walked 0.41 m/s slower at home (95% CI: 0.40-0.42, p < 0.001”

   Humansassessed at home versus clinical six-minute corridor walkn = 3,424

   Shorter steps rather than slower stepping: decomposing the ecological gap between clinical and home gait speed in older adults

   medRxiv·11 Aug 2026Preprint

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