ArticleJournal of exercise science and fitness2021
Walking speed and balance both improved in older Japanese adults between 1998 and 2018.
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- Ageing populations: new challenges in longevity.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Daily-Life Walking Speed, Quality and Quantity Derived from a Wrist Motion Sensor: Large-Scale Normative Data for Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Twenty-year prospective cohort study of the association between gait speed and incident disability: The NILS-LSA project.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2022Article
- Importance of National Fitness Sports Relying on Virtual Reality Technology in the Development of Sports Economy.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivePhysical function, the ability of an individual to carry out physical tasks, is meaningfully related to health among older adults. Few studies have analyzed temporal trends in objective performance measures of physical function for older adults. The aim of this study was to estimate temporal trends in balance and walking speed for older Japanese adults (aged 65-79 years) between 1998 and 2018.
methodsAnnual, cross-sectional, national fitness surveillance data for balance (
resultsThere was a moderate improvement in both mean balance (standardized effect size (ES) change (95% confidence interval (CI)): 0.50 (0.48-0.52)) and mean walking speed (ES change (95%CI): 0.53 (0.51-0.55)). Improvements were seen in all gender and age groups, with small gender-related and negligible age-related temporal differences. Variability declined substantially for both balance (ratio of CVs (95%CI): 0.77 (0.75-0.79)) and walking speed (ratio of CVs (95%CI): 0.87 (0.85-0.89)).
conclusionImproved physical performance is suggestive of a corresponding improvement in health. Declines in variability indicate that temporal improvements were not uniform across the distribution.
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