Reference values for gait speed in elderly over 65 years of age

Abstract

Objetive:To provide reference values for four-metre Gait Speed (GS) in people over 65 years of age in the Basque Country and to establish cut-off points for early detection of frailty in clinical practice. Design: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, in which four-metre GS test values were collected from 1,871 adults over 65 years of age, and then the test time (TT) and GS in metres per second were extracted. Results:The cut-off points ranged from 2.99 seconds to 3.95 seconds inTT and 0.89 to 0.70 in GS in females and from 2.66 seconds to 3.85 seconds inTT and 0.99 to 0.73 in GS in males.ANOVA results show that there is a statistically significant difference in TT for age groups (F =41.51 - p