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| Walking speed and stride length predicts 36 months dependency, mortality, and institutionalization in Chinese aged 70 and older | | Author(s) | Jeanne Woo, Suzanne C Ho, Ashley L M Yu |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 10, October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1257-1260 |
| Keywords | Ambulant ; Mobility ; Gait loss ; Independence ; Death ; Institutional accommodation ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | Increasing emphasis is being placed on physical performance measures as an outcome predictor. However, it is uncertain whether one or two simple measurements will have predictive value compared with a battery of tests. This 3-year longitudinal study of 2032 older people in Hong Kong assessed whether simple performance measures such as walking speed and stride length would predict dependency, mortality, and institutionalisation. Univariate analysis showed that reduced walking speed and stride length were associated with increased risk of dependency, institutionalisation and death. In multivariate analysis for dependency and mortality, stride length, walking speed, age and sex were included in the best prediction model, whereas only stride length was included in the prediction for institutionalisation. In terms of prevention or modifying outcomes, the study suggest that the two performance measures may be used as indicators for checking for hidden disease and for interventional measures such as exercise prescription. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991201217 A |
| Classmark | C4A: C4: C8G: C3: CW: KV: BBK: 3J: 7DC |
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