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Titre : | Prevalence and Risk Factors for Low Habitual Walking Speed in Nursing Home Residents: An Observational Study (2015) |
Auteurs : | Justin William Keogh ; Hugh Senior ; Elaine Margaret Beller |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2015/11, 2015) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 19931999 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Maisons de repos ; Personne âgée fragile ; Rééducation et réadaptation ; Sarcopénie ; Vie autonome ; Vieillissement |
Mots-clés: | Aging ; Frail elderly ; Gait ; Démarche ; Independent living ; Nursing homes ; Sarcopenia |
Résumé : |
Objective To quantify habitual walking speed and estimate the prevalence of low habitual walking speed ( Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Eleven nursing homes. Participants Nursing home residents (N=102 [37%] of 273 eligible, randomly selected residents from 11 nursing homes consented to participate in this study). Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures The primary outcome was habitual walking speed assessed over a distance of 2.4m. Secondary outcomes including body composition, muscle strength, balance and physical performance as assessed via the Short Physical Performance Battery, and historical and current demographic and health measures were all assessed as potential predictors of walking speed. Results Mean walking speed was .37+.26m/s, meaning that 97% and 75% of participants had walking speeds Conclusions Almost all participants in this study had below-normal walking speed, a known clinical predictor of physical performance. Because walking speed is a clinical marker of many age-related adverse outcomes in older age, efforts to increase or at least maintain walking speed in nursing home residents should be considered. Some evidence suggests that progressive resistance training may offset these declines in walking speed. |
Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003999315005882 |