The effects of ankle weight loading on the walking factors of adults without symptoms

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the components of walking adults who have no symptoms by integrating the temporal and spatial walking variables obtained from the GAITRite system. The following de-scribes previous debates on weight-loaded walking training. The con-clusion was as follows. First, there was a significant difference in walk-ing distance between the 0% group and 1% group and between the 1% group and 2% group (P < 0.05). Sencond, there was a significant differ-ence in walking velocity between the 0% group and 1% group and be-tween the 0% group and 2% group (P < 0.05). Third, there was a signifi-cant difference in walking cadence between the 0% group and 1% group, between the 1% group and 2% group, and between the 0% group and 2% group (P < 0.05). These study results indicate that diverse amounts of weight loading can be effective for enhancing the walking factors of adults without symptoms.