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Effect of testing procedures on gait speed measurement: A systematic review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on motor and gait performance in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Gait differences between COPD and healthy controls: systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Pooled it
- Treadmill training with virtual reality to enhance gait and cognitive function among people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neurology · 2023Trial
- Exploring the repeatability of curved gait during an instrumented figure of 8 walk test, a new methodology.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Daily fall risk assessment for older adults using a balance sensor with machine learning.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association Between Function-focused Training and Physical Function Among Community-dwelling Oldest-old Individuals: A Retrospective Study.Juntendo medical journal · 2026Article
- Single-task, dual-task, and community gait speeds of older adults in Singapore: their associations with frailty, cognition, and age-friendly cities.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Comment on 'Asian Reference Values for Handgrip Strength, Gait Speed, Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test, Muscle Mass and Calf Circumference' by Grgic et al.-The Authors' Reply.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Article
- Gait characteristics in older adults using the ProtoKinetics Zeno walkway: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Walking into aging: real-world mobility patterns and digital benchmarks from the InCHIANTI Study.npj aging · 2025Article
- Minimum required distance for clinically significant measurement of habitual gait speed.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of visual searching and obstacle crossing on gait performance in older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Discriminative Ability and Associations of Sarcopenia Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound with Functional, Mobility and Frailty Status in Older Inpatients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Health & Gait: a dataset for gait-based analysis.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Prevention of Sarcopenia.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Limited health literacy increases the likelihood of cognitive frailty among older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- Reference Values for Habitual and Fast Gait Speed in Singapore Adults Aged 21 to 80.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Association between Dietary Practice and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Turning speed as a more responsive metric of age-related decline in mobility: A comparative study with gait speed.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough gait speed is a widely used measure in older people, testing methods are highly variable. We conducted a systematic review to investigate the influence of testing procedures on resulting gait speed.
methodsWe followed the PRISMA checklist for this systematic review. Two independent reviewers screened Pubmed and Embase for publications on pairwise comparisons of testing procedures of usual gait speed. Descriptives were abstracted from the included publications using a predefined extraction tool by two independent reviewers. We defined the cut-off for the minimal clinically imporant diffence in gait speed as 0.1 m/sec.
resultsOf a total of 2109 records identified for screening, 29 reports on 53 pairwise comparisons were analyzed. The median (range) difference in gait speed for dynamic versus static start was 0.06 (-0.02 to 0.35) m/sec (14 reports); for longer versus shorter test distance 0.04 (-0.05 to 0.23) m/sec (14 reports); for automatic versus manual timing 0.00 (-0.05 to 0.07) m/sec (12 reports), for hard versus soft surfaces -0.11 (-0.18 to 0.08) m/sec (six reports), and electronic walkways versus usual walk test 0.04 (-0.08 to 0.14) m/sec (seven reports), respectively. No report compared the effect of finishing procedures.
conclusionsThe type of starting procedure, the length of the test distance, and the surface of the walkway may have a clinically relevant impact on measured gait speed. Manual timing resulted in statistically significant differences of measured gait speed as compared to automatic timing, but was below the level of clinical importance. These results emphasize that it is key to use a strictly standardized method for obtaining a reliable and valid measurement of gait speed.
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