A simple method to categorize gait speed of older persons based on visual inspection of stepping.
Aging Clin Exp Res
; 31(12): 1843-1846, 2019 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to develop a simple visualized approach to classify persons into meaningful gait speed categories. Footprints of 310 instrumented gait analyses of 190 geriatric persons (mean age 79.1 years, 74 women) were used in a retrospective analysis to classify persons´ footprints into a left/right step overlapping, an intermediate or a long stepping pattern. The association between gait speed and step length was r = 0.91. More than 75% of the measurements classified as overlapping stepping pattern had a gait speed of below 0.5 m/s. All participants of the long stepping pattern group had a gait speed of faster than 1 m/s. The positive predictive values for classifying gait speed correctly were 71-100%. The proposed screening tool can be used in outpatient settings or home visits and is likely to be applicable if instrumented gait speed assessment is not available.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Evaluación Geriátrica
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Velocidad al Caminar
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Aging Clin Exp Res
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania