Older Adults Vs Middle-Aged Adults: Walking Velocity
Sukwon Kim
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to evaluate walking velocity of middle-age adults and older adults. Ten adults (5 middle age adults and 5 older adults) were recruited from a local community. They were all physically healthy and not injured in the last 6 months. Their whole body landmark position data were collected during subsequent 5-minute walking on a straight track (15m long). The results indicated that walking velocity of middle-age adults were faster than that of older adults during their natural gait. The study concluded that middle-age adults’ likelihood of falls may be higher than older adults’ likelihood of falls.
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[Sukwon Kim (2020) Older Adults Vs Middle-Aged Adults: Walking Velocity IJIRCST Vol-8 Issue-5 Page No-341-343] (ISSN 2347 - 5552). www.ijircst.org
Sukwon Kim
Department of Physical Education, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, 82-63-270-2860, (email:rockwall@jbnu.ac.kr).
DOI: 10.21276/ijircst.2020.8.5.1 
