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This study evaluates whether detailed spatiotemporal and plantar-pressure measures more effectively identify balance-related gait alterations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fifty-two older adults (55\u201382 years) were assigned to a balance disorders group (n = 26) or a control group (n = 26) based on fall history and Dizziness Handicap Inventory scores. Barefoot walking trials were recorded using a pedobarographic platform. Scalar spatiotemporal gait parameters and pressure-related signals were normalized to body height and body mass, respectively. Dynamic foot balance parameters were analyzed as time-normalized waveforms over the stance phase. Between-group and within-group comparisons were performed using conventional statistical methods and Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>No statistically significant between-group differences were found in global spatiotemporal gait parameters or in group-averaged mean and variability waveforms of dynamic foot balance measures. However, within-group SPM analyses presented stance-phase intervals with significant left\u2013right asymmetries in selected dynamic foot balance parameters, occurring more frequently in participants with balance disorders. These asymmetries were parameter- as well as phase-specific and showed substantial inter-individual variability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Older adults with balance disorders may preserve overall gait characteristics during steady-state walking while exhibiting subtle, localized asymmetries in dynamic foot balance. Waveform-based plantar pressure analysis may capture balance-related gait alterations not detected by global gait measures, although the clinical relevance of these findings requires further investigation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.37190\/abb\/225364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,30]],"date-time":"2026-08-30T18:31:11Z","timestamp":1788114671000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Spatiotemporal and Dynamic Foot Biomechanical Parameters in Older Adults with Balance Disorders and a History of Previous Fall"],"prefix":"10.37190","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9988-3859","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr","family":"Prochor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4679-1253","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u0141ukasz","family":"Magnuszewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6472-5241","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zyta Beata","family":"Wojszel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2191-3979","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Szczepan","family":"Piszczatowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"23140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]},"container-title":["Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/actabio.pwr.edu.pl\/d\/TGBUKOTtQKxVvA0RqREFBPF0WUXJ9XFROSylDC0QHFm9PFQk5Eht1FRMSWHoFPFgHFkhCcX1eWlNZOA\/29.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/actabio.pwr.edu.pl\/d\/TGBUKOTtQKxVvA0RqREFBPF0WUXJ9XFROSylDC0QHFm9PFQk5Eht1FRMSWHoFPFgHFkhCcX1eWlNZOA\/29.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,30]],"date-time":"2026-08-30T18:31:11Z","timestamp":1788114671000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/actabio.pwr.edu.pl\/d\/TGBUKOTtQKxVvA0RqREFBPF0WUXJ9XFROSylDC0QHFm9PFQk5Eht1FRMSWHoFPFgHFkhCcX1eWlNZOA\/29.pdf"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026]]}},"alternative-id":["225364"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37190\/abb\/225364","relation":{},"ISSN":["1509-409X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1509-409X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]]}}}