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The speed at which a person walks can be influenced by a number of factors, both voluntary and involuntary, and marks a functional skill that underpins a majority of the tasks that are essential to a person’s ability to function on a daily basis. Given this, walking speed, which is more commonly referred to as gait speed, is a metric that is extremely valuable for | The speed at which a person walks can be influenced by a number of factors, both voluntary and involuntary, and marks a functional skill that underpins a majority of the tasks that are essential to a person’s ability to function on a daily basis. Given this, walking speed, which is more commonly referred to as gait speed in the clinical setting, is a metric that is extremely valuable for practitioners when examining aspects of functional mobility in their patients. Additionally, given its ability to be influenced by multiple body systems (i.e. central nervous system, musculoskeletal system), gait speed is often used a predictor of overall health and function, especially in older adults.<ref>Nancye MP, Suzanne SK, and Kerenaftali K, [https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/68/1/39/550161 Gait Speed as a Measure in Geriatric Assessment in Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review], The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2013; 68(1): 39–46.</ref> | ||
Gait speed has been considered by some to be a "Vital Sign" like blood pressure and | Gait speed has been considered by some to be a "Vital Sign" like blood pressure and heart rate, and it's predictive ability has been linked with a myriad of common outcomes including hospitalization, fall risk, cognitive decline, disability, and mortality.<ref name=":0">Mehmet H, Robinson SR, Yang AWH. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30720555/ Assessment of Gait Speed in Older Adults]. J Geriatr Phys Ther 2020; 43(1):42-52.</ref> | ||
The objective of this page is to provide an overview of the gait speed | The objective of this page is to provide an overview of the gait speed as an outcome measure and it implications for clinical practice. Please note that this page looks specifically at gait speed as a value/metric, and not any one specific method or established procedure for measuring gait speed. | ||
== Intended Population == | == Intended Population == | ||
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Objective[edit | edit source]
The speed at which a person walks can be influenced by a number of factors, both voluntary and involuntary, and marks a functional skill that underpins a majority of the tasks that are essential to a person’s ability to function on a daily basis. Given this, walking speed, which is more commonly referred to as gait speed in the clinical setting, is a metric that is extremely valuable for practitioners when examining aspects of functional mobility in their patients. Additionally, given its ability to be influenced by multiple body systems (i.e. central nervous system, musculoskeletal system), gait speed is often used a predictor of overall health and function, especially in older adults.[1]
Gait speed has been considered by some to be a "Vital Sign" like blood pressure and heart rate, and it's predictive ability has been linked with a myriad of common outcomes including hospitalization, fall risk, cognitive decline, disability, and mortality.[2]
The objective of this page is to provide an overview of the gait speed as an outcome measure and it implications for clinical practice. Please note that this page looks specifically at gait speed as a value/metric, and not any one specific method or established procedure for measuring gait speed.
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Gait speed can be measured in pretty much any population, but it is most commonly used as a predictive measure in the older adult population.[2]
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- ↑ Nancye MP, Suzanne SK, and Kerenaftali K, Gait Speed as a Measure in Geriatric Assessment in Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2013; 68(1): 39–46.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mehmet H, Robinson SR, Yang AWH. Assessment of Gait Speed in Older Adults. J Geriatr Phys Ther 2020; 43(1):42-52.
