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Copyright CIDESD/FTCD, Research Centre for Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro/MotriPress 2014

Abstract

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, mean 71.6 years for men and 70.78 years for women. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were designed and the criterion discriminator of 2.44 meters walking speed were determined in order to predict the absence of functional disability in basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). The areas under the ROC curve for the analyzes were higher 0.60 suggesting that the walk test has the potential to discriminate functional impairment, in BADL and IADL in both sexes. Walking time to discriminate functional disability was higher than 3.53 seconds for BADL and 2.47 seconds in IADL for men. For women, it was higher than 3.41 seconds for BADL and 3.19 seconds in IADL.

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Title
Velocidade de caminhada como indicador para a incapacidade funcional em idosos/Walking speed as indicator for functional disability in the elderly
Author
dos Santos, Andrêza Soares; Tribess, Sheilla; Pinto, Lélia Lessa Teixeira; Ribeiro, Maria da Conceição Lopes; Rocha, Saulo Vasconcelos; Virtuoso, Jair Sindra, Júnior
Pages
50-60
Section
ARTIGO ORIGINAL | ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Edições Desafio Singular
ISSN
1646107X
e-ISSN
21822972
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1613529168
Copyright
Copyright CIDESD/FTCD, Research Centre for Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development; University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro/MotriPress 2014