Abstract
Characteristics of Preferred Walking Patterns in Young Qatari Adults
Highlights
Background and ObjectivesWalking is the most natural and important activity of daily living as it refers to the primary type of terrestrial human locomotion
34 healthy volunteers participated in the experiment and were distributed in four groups according to their gender and ethnic cultural background: 9 Qatari females (21.33 ± 2.11 years), 9 Qatari males (24.00 ± 2.40 years), 9 non-Qatari females (22.00 ± 1.49 years) and 7 non-Qatari males (22.83 ± 1.73 years)
No significant differences were found in the physical characteristics between Qatari male and non-Qatari male groups or between Qatari female and non-Qatari female groups (Table 1)
Summary
Background and ObjectivesWalking is the most natural and important activity of daily living as it refers to the primary type of terrestrial human locomotion. Elderly people, or those suffering from osteoarthritis prefer to walk at slower speeds. Improving their PWS is considered as a significant clinical goal. The authors presented the first evidence concerning walking patterns in a population from the Gulf region and proposed an interpretation to the found differences that is linked to traditional clothing and foot wear. This reveals the need for a specific normative database targeting healthy young Qataris. Creating such databases for Qatar is desirable for rehabilitation purposes for people with impaired walking patterns (e.g., elderly fallers, people suffering from stroke consequences, hemiplegia, Parkinson disease, etc)
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