Intra-day variation in daily outdoor walking speed among community-dwelling older adults

Intra-day variation in daily outdoor walking speed among community-dwelling older adults

Abstract Background Walking speed is an important measure associated with health outcomes in older individuals, such as dependency and death. This study aimed to examine whether the walking speed of community-dwelling older adults varies between time periods within a day, as measured outdoors in dai...

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Main Authors: Hisashi Kawai, Shuichi Obuchi, Ryo Hirayama, Yutaka Watanabe, Hirohiko Hirano, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hunkyung Kim, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Masaaki Mochimaru, Eiki Tsushima, Kozo Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Frailty
Global positioning system
Intra-day variation
Smartphone
Walking speed
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02349-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02349-w

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