Comfortable and maximum walking speed of adults aged 20-79 years: reference values and determinants

摘要

Conclusions: these normative values should give clinicians a reference against which patient performance can be compared in a variety of settings. Gait speed can be expected to be reduced in individuals of greater age and of lesser height and lower extremity muscle strength. Objectives: to establish reference values for both comfortable and maximum gait speed and to describe the Reliability of the gait speed measures and the correlation of selected variables with them. Design: descriptive and cross-sectional.