Gait Speed and Mobility Disability: Revisiting Meaningful Levels in Diverse Clinical Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the heterogeneity of clinically meaningful levels of gait speed relative to self-reported mobility disability (SR-MD).

Design

Five longitudinal studies with older adults in different health states (onset of acute event, presence of chronic condition, sedentary, community living) were used to explore the relationship between gait speed and SR-MD.

Setting

Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P), LIFE, Trial of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors (TRAIN), Baltimore Hip Fracture Study (BHS2), Invecchiare in Chianti (InCHIANTI).

Participants

Individuals aged 65 and older (N=3,540): sedentary, community dwelling (LIFE-P/LIFE), with hip fracture (BHS2), random population-ba

SUBMITTER: Miller ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature