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Prognostic Value of Usual Gait Speed in Well‐Functioning Older People—Results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2005 · Vol. 53(10) · pp. 1675–1680
Matteo Cesari✉(Institute on Aging)Stephen B. Kritchevsky(Institute on Aging)B. Penninx(National Institute on Aging)Barbara J. Nicklas(Wake Forest University)Eleanor M. Simonsick(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Anne B. Newman(Institute on Aging)Frances A. Tylavsky(Institute on Aging)Jennifer S. Brach(National Institute on Aging)Suzanne Satterfield(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Douglas C. Bauer(National Institute on Aging)Marjolein Visser(Institute on Aging)Susan M. Rubin(Wake Forest University)Tamara B. Harris(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)Marco Pahor(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Abstract
Usual gait speed of less than 1 m/s identifies persons at high risk of health-related outcomes in well-functioning older people. Provision of a clinically meaningful cutpoint for usual gait speed may facilitate its use in clinical and research settings.
Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersNutrition and Health in AgingMedicineGaitConfidence intervalRelative riskProportional hazards modelProspective cohort studyPreferred walking speedCohort studyPhysical therapyRate ratio
MeSH terms
AccelerationActivities of Daily LivingAgedAgingBody CompositionFemaleGaitHumansMalePrognosisReference ValuesStatistics as TopicCohort StudiesSurvival Analysis
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- Wake Forest University
- National Institute on Aging
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