ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Is achieving 7,000 steps/day cross-sectionally and prospectively associated with older adults' lower-extremity performance?
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- Association between sedentary behavior and daily step count with physical performance of community-dwelling older adults participating in an exercise program interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Brazil.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Article
- Boosting Physical Activity Among Individuals With Low Engagement Through Double-Point Incentives in a Community-Based mHealth Intervention: Retrospective Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Observational
- Use of blood parameters for the prediction of mortality in patients with below‑knee amputation.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Community ambulation in older adults and people with OA - a model verification using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Associations between device-measured physical activity and performance-based physical function outcomes in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2023Review
- Is functional fitness performance a useful predictor of risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults?Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence regarding the association between daily steps recommendation and older adults' lower limb strength is lacking; thus, this study investigated whether taking at least 7,000 steps/day is cross-sectionally and prospectively related to lower-extremity performance in older Taiwanese adults.
methodsThere were 89 community-dwelling adults aged over 60 years (mean age: 69.5 years) attending both baseline and follow-up surveys. This study used adjusted logistic regression analysis to explore cross-sectional and prospective relationships between their accelerometer-assessed daily steps and lower-extremity performance (five-times-sit-to-stand test).
resultsThis study found the older adults who took 7,000 steps/day were more likely to have better lower-extremity performance cross-sectionally (odds ratio [OR] = 3.82; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.04, 13.95; p = 0.04), as well as to maintain or increase their lower-extremity performance prospectively (OR = 3.53; 95 % CI: 1.05, 11.84; p = 0.04).
conclusionsOur findings support a minimum recommended level of step-based physical activity for older adults, namely, 7,000 steps/day, as beneficial for maintaining or increasing older adults' lower-extremity performance.
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