Walking speed as indicator for functional disability in the elderly

• Main Authors: Andrêza Soares dos Santos (Author), Sheilla Tribess (Author), Lélia Lessa Teixeira Pinto (Author), Maria da Conceição Lopes Ribeiro (Author), Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha (Author), Jair Sindra Virtuoso Júnior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Desafio Singular, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p class="ResumoAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">The aim of this study was to analyze the walking speed as a discriminator of functional disability. This was an epidemiological cross-sectional study with a random sample of 622 individuals, in the age group 60-96 years, me...