The Influence of Walking Height and Width on the Gait

Table 1

Studies on the influence of walking height and width on gait parameters.

Study	Subject	Walking conditions			VR	Gait parameters
		Height	Width	Other conditions
Present study	Young people	Ground and 10 m	0.6 m, 0.9 m, and 1.2 m	Asymmetric	No	Plantar pressure and gait phase
Simeonov [28]	Construction workers	Virtual ground and roof plank	0.15 m and 0.25 m	Tilted floor, shoe style	Yes	Trunk and rearfoot lateral angular velocities
Delbaere [26]	Older people	Ground and 0.6 m	0.4 m	Bright and dim	No	Speed, step length, stride width, cadence, double-support time, EMG
Caballero [31]	Young people	Ground	0.15 m and 0.3 m	Ground stiffness, direction of a circular pathway	No	Sacral displacement and its mean velocity
Brown [27]	Younger and older adults	Ground and 0.6 m	0.15 m and 0.6 m	—	No	Joint kinematics and muscle activation
McAndrew Young and Dingwell [35]	Young healthy adults	Treadmill	Voluntary narrower, normal, and wider step widths	Metronome	No	Centre of mass motion