Effect of testing procedures on gait speed measurement: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although gait speed is a widely used measure in older people, testing methods are highly variable. We conducted a systematic review to investigate the influence of testing procedures on resulting gait speed.

Methods

We followed the PRISMA checklist for this systematic review. Two independent reviewers screened Pubmed and Embase for publications on pairwise comparisons of testing procedures of usual gait speed. Descriptives were abstracted from the included publications using a predefined extraction tool by two independent reviewers. We defined the cut-off for the minimal clinically imporant diffence in gait speed as 0.1 m/sec.

Results

Of a total of 2109 records identified for screening, 29 reports on 53 pairwise comparisons were analyzed. The median (range)

SUBMITTER: Stuck AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7263604 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature