Gait analysis of institutionalised and community-dwelling older people using a markerless motion capture system.

Abstract

This study aims to identify differences in left-right differences in walking between community-dwelling and facility-dwelling older people, and to speculate on factors contributing to frail walking in older people. A walking experiment was conducted on 11 elderly people living in the community and five elderly people living in institutions, using the Open Cap markerless motion capture system. The time-distance factors and joint angles of each gait were analysed and compared, and differences were found in each group.