Gait speed as a mediator of the effect of sarcopenia on dependency in activities of daily living

• Main Authors: Miguel A. Perez‐Sousa (Author), Luis Carlos Venegas‐Sanabria (Author), Diego Andrés Chavarro‐Carvajal (Author), Carlos Alberto Cano‐Gutierrez (Author), Mikel Izquierdo (Author), Jorge Enrique Correa‐Bautista (Author), Robinson Ramírez‐Vélez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia in older adults is strongly associated with an increase in dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) and with a decline in gait speed. Interestingly, gait speed has been shown to independently predict mortality. In this context, our study aimed to explore the medi...