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Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults
Published on: November 7, 2014
Home-based gait speed and the association with sociodemographic and anthropometric variables: A national study
Bruno de Souza Moreira1, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade2, Alessandra de Carvalho Bastone3
1Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública e Envelhecimento, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objectives:
To investigate home-based gait speed performance for men and women stratified by age group and its associations with sociodemographic and anthropometric variables.
Methods:
Data from the 2nd wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil, 2019-2021) were used. Gait speed was tested twice at home over 3.0 meters at usual pace. Associations of sociodemographic and anthropometric variables with gait speed were evaluated using gamma regression.
Results:
Median gait speed value reduced with increasing age in both sexes [men: 0.70 m/s (50-59 years) to 0.53 m/s (≥80 years); women: 0.68 m/s (50-59 years) to 0.48 m/s (≥80 years)] and was significantly lower in women than men in the age groups of 60-69 and 70-79 years. Age group and education among men and age group, education, and waist circumference among women were significantly associated with gait speed.
Conclusions:
Our findings may be helpful as reference values to identify mobility limitation among older Brazilians.
