TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - A simple method to categorize gait speed of older persons based on visual inspection of stepping
JO  - Aging clinical and experimental research
A1  - Lindemann, Ulrich
A1  - Rapp, Kilian
A1  - Becker, Clemens
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1594-0667
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01332-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -