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Challenging Gait Conditions Predict 1-Year Decline in Gait Speed in Older Adults With Apparently Normal Gait

PHYSICAL THERAPY (2011)

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PHYSICAL THERAPY

卷 91, 期 12, 页码 1857-1864

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AMER PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOC

DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100387

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Orthopedics Rehabilitation

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Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center (National Institute on Aging) [P30 AG024827]
Beeson Career Development Award (National Institute on Aging) [K23 AG026766]

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Background. Mobility often is tested under a low challenge condition (ie, over a straight, uncluttered path), which often fails to identify early mobility difficulty. Tests of walking during challenging conditions may uncover mobility difficulty that is not identified with usual gait testing. Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine whether gait during challenging conditions predicts decline in gait speed over 1 year in older people with apparently normal gait (ie, gait speed of >= 1.0 m/s). Design. This was a prospective cohort study. Methods. Seventy-one older adults (mean age = 75.9 years) with a usual gait speed of >= 1.0 m/s participated. Gait was tested at baseline under 4 challenging conditions: (1) narrow walk (15 cm wide), (2) stepping over obstacles (15.24 cm [6 in] and 30.48 cm [12 in]), (3) simple walking while talking (WWT), and (4) complex WWT. Usual gait speed was recorded over a 4-m course at baseline and 1 year later. A 1-year change in gait speed was calculated, and participants were classified as declined (decreased >= 0.10 m/s, n = 18), stable (changed <0.10 m/s, n = 43), or improved (increased >= 0.10 m/s, n = 10). Analysis of variance was used to compare challenging condition cost (usual - challenging condition gait speed difference) among the 3 groups. Results. Participants who declined in the ensuing year had a greater narrow walk and obstacle walk cost than those who were stable or who improved in gait speed (narrow walk cost = 0.43 versus 0.33 versus 0.22 m/s and obstacle walk cost = 0.35 versus 0.26 versus 0.13 m/s). Simple and complex WWT cost did not differ among the groups. Limitations. The participants who declined in gait speed over time walked the fastest, and those who improved walked the slowest at baseline; thus, the potential contribution of regression to the mean to the findings should not be overlooked. Conclusions. In older adults with apparently normal gait, the assessment of gait during challenging conditions appears to uncover mobility difficulty that is not identified by usual gait testing.

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