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Basis parameters for comparison during the examination are advisable. Objectives: The study aim was to investigate the typical gait parameters of healthy preschool and school children, using a wireless inertial sensor as the reference for atypical gait. The additional aim was to compare the specific gait parameters in the younger and older group of children. Methods: One hundred and sixty-one children\u2019s gait parameters were evaluated by a G-Walk BTS G-SENSOR smart analyzer. The children were walking barefoot, at a self-selected speed, on a five-meter walkway, and they turned around and go back twice. Results: Age significantly influences most of the spatiotemporal parameters. The support phase becomes shorter with age. Accordingly, the swing phase becomes longer with age. The results also show that older children need shorter double support and have longer single support. Moreover, the pelvic tilt symmetry index is higher with increasing age. In each age division, the smallest variation in all gait parameters within the oldest group of examined children was observed. A comparison between the left and right side gait parameters shows the higher difference in boys than in girls. A significant difference was calculated in the pelvic obliquity symmetry index. Girls had significantly more symmetrical obliquity than boys. Conclusions: the research indicates the basic parameters of typical children\u2019s gait, which may be a reference to atypical gait in the case of trauma or disability.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21196423","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,27]],"date-time":"2021-09-27T22:16:38Z","timestamp":1632780998000},"page":"6423","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Gait Parameters in Healthy Preschool and School Children Assessed Using Wireless Inertial Sensor"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4759-5385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ewa","family":"Gieysztor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4796-630X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mateusz","family":"Kowal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4296-7052","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata","family":"Paprocka-Borowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"631","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2013.02.011","article-title":"Intra-individual gait speed variability in healthy children aged 1\u201315 years","volume":"38","author":"Baur","year":"2013","journal-title":"Gait Posture"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1073","DOI":"10.1007\/s00421-020-04592-2","article-title":"The development of mature gait patterns in children during walking and running","volume":"121","author":"Bach","year":"2021","journal-title":"Eur. 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