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. 2022 Feb 3;16:768575. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.768575

Table 1.

Examples of commonly derived measures of gait and postural control from instrumented analysis technologies.

Parameter Unit Examples PD Examples MS
Spatiotemporal, kinematic gait parameters
Gait cycle / stride duration s, ms Blin et al., 1990; Ginis et al., 2017; Shah et al., 2020 Benedetti et al., 1999; Straudi et al., 2013; Müller et al., 2021
Cadence steps/min Curtze et al., 2015; Horak et al., 2016; Iijima et al., 2017 Martin et al., 2006; Straudi et al., 2013; Leone et al., 2018
Gait velocity / speed m/s, cm/s Herman et al., 2014; Galna et al., 2015; Fino and Mancini, 2020 Benedetti et al., 1999; Remelius et al., 2012; Müller et al., 2021
Stride / step length m Rochester et al., 2014; Ferrari et al., 2016; Cebi et al., 2020 Martin et al., 2006; Remelius et al., 2012; Leone et al., 2018
Double support time % cycle, % stride Blin et al., 1990; Curtze et al., 2015; Shah et al., 2020 Benedetti et al., 1999; Straudi et al., 2013; Leone et al., 2018
Stride / step time variability s Herman et al., 2014; Galna et al., 2015; Ma et al., 2020a Moon et al., 2015; Allali et al., 2016; Kalron et al., 2018
Knee (lower leg) ROM degree Dewey et al., 2014; Curtze et al., 2015; Horak et al., 2016 Rodgers et al., 1999; Filli et al., 2018; Valet et al., 2021
Postural stability parameters
Postural sway area / range m/s, cm Mancini et al., 2012a; Dewey et al., 2014; Horak et al., 2016 Spain et al., 2012; McLoughlin et al., 2014; Solomon et al., 2015
Postural sway jerk m2/s5 Mancini et al., 2012a; Dewey et al., 2014; Horak et al., 2016 Sun et al., 2018; Arpan et al., 2020; Gera et al., 2020
RMS amplitude m/s, cm Mancini et al., 2012b; Nantel et al., 2012; Chen et al., 2018 Sun et al., 2018; Santinelli et al., 2019; Arpan et al., 2020

RMS, Root mean square.

Three exemplary publications are listed for each parameter. Note that the exact parameter definition might vary between references.