AGE AND SEX EFFECTS ON MOBILITY OF THE HUMAN ANKLE

被引：103

作者：

VANDERVOORT, AA

CHESWORTH, BM

CUNNINGHAM, DA

PATERSON, DH

RECHNITZER, PA

KOVAL, JJ

机构：

[1] Dept. of Physical Therapy, Elborn College, University of Western Ontario, London

来源：

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY | 1992年 / 47卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1093/geronj/47.1.M17

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

We investigated whether values for passive resistive torque, dorsiflexion strength, and active mobility of the ankle joint varied with age in a randomly selected sample of middle-aged and elderly males and females. The main effects of sex and age group were significant, without an interaction effect, on values for passive resistive torque and voluntary strength. The trends indicated that females had lower values for both variables and that passive torque increased and strength decreased with respect to age. Dorsiflexion range of motion also showed a highly significant trend to decrease across age groups, and more so for females than males. Mean values for middle-aged men vs old men went from 20.0 to 13.5 degrees, while corresponding values for women decreased from 20.7 degrees of dorsiflexion to 10.1. Functional ankle movement thus becomes limited with age, but could be improved by strengthening weak dorsiflexor muscles.

引用

页码：M17 / M21

页数：5

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