Comparison of spatio-temporal gait parameters between the GAITRite® platinum plus classic and the GAITRite® CIRFACE among older adults: a retrospective observational study.

Guillaume Sacco (1, 2, 3) , Grégory Ben-Sadoun (4, 5) , Jennifer Gautier (3, 5) , Romain Simon (3, 5) , Pauline Laureau (6) , Maude Goupil (6) , Jade Terrien (6) , Cédric Annweiler (3, 6, 7, 5)

1 CHU Nice - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
2 CobTek - Cognition Behaviour Technology
3 LPPL - Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire
4 COMETE - Mobilités : Vieillissement, Pathologie, Santé
5 CeRAL [CHU Angers] - Centre de Recherche sur l'Autonomie et la Longévité [CHU Angers]
6 UA - Université d'Angers
7 Robarts Research Institute [Canada]

The GAITRite® system is one of the gold standards for gait electronic analysis, especially for older adults. Previous GAITRite® systems were composed of an electronic roll-up walkway. Recently, a new GAITRite® electronic walkway, named CIRFACE, was commercialized. It is composed of a changeable association of stiff plates, unlike previous models. Are the gait parameters measured similar between these two walkways among older adults and according to the cognitive status, the history of falls, and the use of walking aids?

Mots clés: Falls; GAITRite; Instrumented walkway system; Neurocognitive disorder; Older adults; Walking aids

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Sciences cognitives; Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Guillaume Sacco, Grégory Ben-Sadoun, Jennifer Gautier, Romain Simon, Pauline Laureau, et al.. Comparison of spatio-temporal gait parameters between the GAITRite® platinum plus classic and the GAITRite® CIRFACE among older adults: a retrospective observational study.. BMC Geriatrics, 2023, 23 (1), pp.132. ⟨10.1186/s12877-023-03811-7⟩. ⟨hal-04026380⟩