Walking Speed: The Functional Vital Sign

被引:815
作者
Middleton, Addie [1 ]
Fritz, Stacy L. [1 ]
Lusardi, Michelle [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Carolina, Dept Exercise Sci, Phys Therapy Program, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[2] Sacred Heart Univ, Coll Hlth Profess, Dept Phys Therapy & Human Movement Sci, Fairfield, CT USA
关键词
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE-MEASURES; TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY; STEADY-STATE WALKING; 4-METER GAIT SPEED; OLDER-PEOPLE; CHRONIC STROKE; MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS; DETECTABLE CHANGE; 10-METER WALK; MORTALITY;
D O I
10.1123/japa.2013-0236
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Walking speed (WS) is a valid, reliable, and sensitive measure appropriate for assessing and monitoring functional status and overall health in a wide range of populations. These capabilities have led to its designation as the "sixth vital sign". By synthesizing the available evidence on WS, this scholarly review article provides clinicians with a reference tool regarding this robust measure. Recommendations on testing procedures for assessing WS, including optimal distance, inclusion of acceleration and deceleration phases, instructions, and instrumentation are given. After assessing an individual's WS, clinicians need to know what this value represents. Therefore, WS cut-off values and the corresponding predicted outcomes, as well as minimal detectable change values for specific populations and settings are provided.
引用
收藏
页码:314 / 322
页数:9
相关论文
共 76 条
[1]   Relationship between functional vision and balance and mobility performance in community-dwelling older adults [J].
Aartolahti, Eeva ;
Hakkinen, Arja ;
Lonnroos, Eija ;
Kautiainen, Hannu ;
Sulkava, Raimo ;
Hartikainen, Sirpa .
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 2013, 25 (05) :545-552
[2]   Universal Health Outcome Measures for Older Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions [J].
Adams, Karen ;
Bayliss, Elizabeth ;
Blumenthal, David ;
Boyd, Cynthia ;
Guralnik, Jack ;
Krist, Alexander H. ;
LaCroix, Andrea ;
Naylor, Mary D. ;
Patrick, Donald L. ;
Reuben, David ;
Tinetti, Mary ;
Wallace, Robert B. ;
Ware, John E., Jr. ;
Wolff, Jennifer L. ;
Hadley, Evan ;
Salive, Marcel E. .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 2012, 60 (12) :2333-2341
[3]   The Test-Retest Reliability of 10 Meters Maximal Walking Speed in Older People Living in a Residential Care Unit [J].
Adell, Eva ;
Wehmhorner, Silke ;
Rydwik, Elisabeth .
JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY, 2013, 36 (02) :74-77
[4]   Gait Speed as an Incremental Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery [J].
Afilalo, Jonathan ;
Eisenberg, Mark J. ;
Morin, Jean-Francois ;
Bergman, Howard ;
Monette, Johanne ;
Noiseux, Nicolas ;
Perrault, Louis P. ;
Alexander, Karen P. ;
Langlois, Yves ;
Dendukuri, Nandini ;
Chamoun, Patrick ;
Kasparian, Georges ;
Robichaud, Sophie ;
Gharacholou, S. Michael ;
Boivin, Jean-Francois .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2010, 56 (20) :1668-1676
[5]   2011 Compendium of Physical Activities: A Second Update of Codes and MET Values [J].
Ainsworth, Barbara E. ;
Haskell, William L. ;
Herrmann, Stephen D. ;
Meckes, Nathanael ;
Bassett, David R., Jr. ;
Tudor-Locke, Catrine ;
Greer, Jennifer L. ;
Vezina, Jesse ;
Whitt-Glover, Melicia C. ;
Leon, Arthur S. .
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, 2011, 43 (08) :1575-1581
[6]   Does 8-foot walk time predict cognitive decline in older Mexicans Americans? [J].
Alfaro-Acha, Ana ;
Al Snih, Soham ;
Raji, Mukaila A. ;
Markides, Kyriakos S. ;
Ottenbacher, Kenneth J. .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 2007, 55 (02) :245-251
[7]   Predictors of combined cognitive and physical decline [J].
Atkinson, HH ;
Cesari, M ;
Kritchevsky, SB ;
Penninx, BWJH ;
Fried, LP ;
Guralnik, JM ;
Williamson, JD .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 2005, 53 (07) :1197-1202
[8]   Gait speed is a responsive measure of physical performance for patients undergoing short-term rehabilitation [J].
Barthuly, April M. ;
Bohannon, Richard W. ;
Gorack, Walter .
GAIT & POSTURE, 2012, 36 (01) :61-64
[9]   Balance and walking speed predict subsequent 8-year mortality independently of current and intermediate events in well-functioning women aged 75 years and older [J].
Blain, H. ;
Carriere, I. ;
Sourial, N. ;
Berard, C. ;
Favier, F. ;
Colvez, A. ;
Bergman, H. .
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING, 2010, 14 (07) :595-600
[10]   Reliability of Six Physical Performance Tests in Older People With Dementia [J].
Blankevoort, Christiaan G. ;
van Heuvelen, Marieke J. G. ;
Scherder, Erik J. A. .
PHYSICAL THERAPY, 2013, 93 (01) :69-78