Gait Speed as a Screening Tool for Foot Pain and the Risk of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Gait Speed as a Screening Tool for Foot Pain and the Risk of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

The main purpose of the study was to establish a gait speed cut-off value to predict foot pain and the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. In this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and twenty White older women speaking Croatian (mean ± SD age 71.02 ± 6.78 years, height 161.77 ± 6.2...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical interventions in aging 2020-01, Vol.15, p.1569-1574
Hauptverfasser: Štefan, Lovro, Kasović, Mario, Zvonar, Martin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidental Falls - prevention & control
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthralgia - diagnosis
Body Mass Index
Croatia
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis
discomfort
elderly
Falls
Falls (Accidents)
Female
Foot
Foot diseases
Gait
Gait - physiology
Geriatric assessment
Health aspects
Humans
Independent Living
Methods
Older people
Original Research
Pain
Questionnaires
risk
Risk Factors
Variables
velocity
Walking
Walking Speed
Walkways
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:The main purpose of the study was to establish a gait speed cut-off value to predict foot pain and the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. In this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and twenty White older women speaking Croatian (mean ± SD age 71.02 ± 6.78 years, height 161.77 ± 6.23 cm, weight 70.29 ± 12.97 kg, body mass index 26.79 ± 4.42 kg/m ) were recruited. The prevalence of foot pain was assessed by a single-item question and the risk of falls by the Downtown Fall Risk Index with a proposed cut-off value of "low risk" (
ISSN:1178-1998
1176-9092
1178-1998
DOI:10.2147/CIA.S260931