Background
Methods
Study selection
Types of studies
Data extraction
Quality assessment
No. | Question |
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Q1 | Are the aims of the research clearly defined? |
Q2 | Is the tested population clearly described? |
Q3 | Were the methods for performing the test described in sufficient detail? |
Q4 | Are the findings of the study clearly stated and results reported? |
Q5 | Are the limitations of the study analysed explicitly? |
Results
Quality assessment
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | |
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Costamagna et al. [5] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Choi et al. [20] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Härdi et al. [21] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hunter et al. [22] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Kegelmeyer et al. [23] | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Lindemann et al. [7] | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Lindemann et al. [6] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Liu et al. [24] | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Mahoney et al. [25] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Martins et al. [26] | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Protas et al. [27] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rampp et al. [28] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
Schülein et al. [2] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Schwenk et al. [29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tereso et al. [30] | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
Tung et al. [31] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wang et al. [17] | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
Study description
Participants
No. of participants | Age (years) | Description | |
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Costamagna et al. [5] | 10 (80% f) | 84.2 ± 5 | geriatric inpatients |
Choi et al. [20] | 20 (100% f) | 77.9 ± 5.9 | no surgery, no pain |
Härdi et al. [21] | 12 (75% f) | 84.3 ± 3.9 | geriatric inpatients |
Hunter et al. [22] | 20 (50% f) | 79.1 ± 7.1 | Alzheimer disease patients |
22 (74% f) | 68.5 ± 10.7 | healthy older adults | |
Kegelmeyer et al. [23] | 27 (22.7% f) | 69.7 ± 1.3 | Parkinson patients |
Lindemann et al. [7] | 22 (50% f) | 82 (73–90) | geriatric inpatients |
Lindemann et al. [6] | 20 (70% f) | 84.5 (75–95) | geriatric inpatients |
Liu et al. [24] | 33 (84.9% f) | 83.5 | residence of an assisted living facility |
Mahoney et al. [25] | 15 (6.7% f) | 82.3 (70–95) | geriatric in- and outpatients |
Martins et al. [26] | 13 (61.5% f) | 67.3 ± 0.5 | knee osteoarthritis and subjected to TKA |
Protas et al. [27] | 10 (80% f) | 73.9 ± 3.9 | community-dwelling older persons |
Rampp et al. [28] | 116 (54.7% f) | 82.1 ± 6.4 | geriatric inpatients |
Schülein et al. [2] | 106 (56.6% f) | 81.7 ± 6.2 | geriatric inpatients |
Schwenk et al. [29] | 109 (85.3% f) | 83.1 ± 5.5 | geriatric inpatients |
Tereso et al. [30] | 7 (57.1% f) | 67.3 ± 5.1 | knee osteoarthritis and subjected to TKA |
Tung et al. [31] | 20 (50% f) | 89.1 ± 4.0 | residence of an assisted living facility, |
83.1 ± 3.2 | community-dwelling older persons | ||
Wang et al. [17] | 23/25 | 25–65 | young adults |
12/25 | > 69 | ||
older persons |
Instrumentation
Walking aids (model, manufacturer) | |
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Costamagna et al. [5] | instrumented four-wheeled walker |
Choi et al. [20] | four-wheeled walker (V4208, Jinsan Medical, Seoul, Korea) |
Härdi et al. [21] | single-tip cane |
forearm crutch | |
four-wheeled walker | |
Hunter et al. [22] | four-wheeled walker |
Kegelmeyer et al. [23] | aluminium straight cane (Harvey Surgical Supply Corporation) |
standard walker (Graham-Field Health Products) | |
two-wheeled walker with fixed wheels (Medline Industries) | |
four-wheeled walker with front swivel casters (Invacare Corporation) | |
U-Step walker with six swivel wheels and a laser (In-Step Mobility Products) | |
Lindemann et al. [7] | four-wheeled walker, of which the front wheels were 360° rotatable for navigation and the rear wheels were fixed |
Lindemann et al. [6] | four-wheeled walker (Ideal, Meyra, Kalletal-Kalldorf, Germany) of which the 2 front wheels were 360° rotatable |
Liu et al. [24] | rolling walker |
Mahoney et al. [25] | two-wheeled walker (Lumex Incorporated, model number 6054) |
three-wheeled walker (Rajowalt Corporation, model number 4200428) | |
Martins et al. [26] | crutches |
standard walker | |
rollator with forearm supports (RFS ASBGo) | |
Protas et al. [27] | WalkAbout |
standard wheeled walker | |
Merry Walker | |
Rampp et al. [28] | four-wheeled walker (Bischoff and Bischoff GmbH, Model B) |
Schülein et al. [2] | four-wheeled walker (Bischoff and Bischoff GmbH, Model B) |
Schwenk et al. [29] | four-wheeled walker |
Tereso et al. [30] | crutches |
standard walker | |
rollator with forearm supports (RFS) | |
Tung et al. [31] | rollator |
Wang et al. [17] | instrumented three-wheeled walker |
Parameters
gait velocity | cadence | swing time | stance time | double support time | stride/step length | stride time variability | toe off angle | heel strike angle | max. Toe clearance | step width | |
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Liu et al. [24] | + | + | + | – | – | + | |||||
Schülein et al. [2] | + | + | – | – | – | – | |||||
Tung et al. [31] | o | o | o |
gait velocity | stride time | step time | swing time | stance time | double support time | cadence | stride/step length | step width | base of support | toe off angle | heel strike angle | max. Toe clearance | |
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Härdi et al.[21]a | + | o | – | o | + | – | |||||||
Schülein et al.[2]a | + | + | + | + | + | – | |||||||
Rampp et al.[28]b | o | + | – | + | |||||||||
Schwenk et al.[29]b | + | – | – | + | + | – | |||||||
Kegelmeyer et al. [23]c | o | o | o | o | o | ||||||||
Liu et al.[24]c | – | + | + | – | – | ||||||||
Mahoney et al.[25]c | o | – | |||||||||||
Protas et al. [27]c | o | o | o | ||||||||||
Schülein et al.[2]c | + | + | + | + | + | – |