| Assessing walking speed in clinical research: a systematic review. | |
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PMID: 18462283 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To provide a systematic review and describe how assessments of walking speed are reported in the health care literature. METHODS: MEDLINE electronic database and bibliographies of select articles were searched for terms describing walking speed and distances walked. The search was limited to English language journals from 1996 to 2006. The initial title search yielded 793 articles. A review of the abstracts reduced the number to 154 articles. Of these, 108 provided sufficient information for inclusion in the current review. RESULTS: Of the 108 studies included in the review 61 were descriptive, 39 intervention and 8 randomized controlled trials. Neurological (n=55) and geriatric (n=27) were the two most frequent participant groups in the studies reviewed. Instruction to walk at a usual or normal speed was reported in 55 of the studies, while 31 studies did not describe speed instructions. A static (standing) start was slightly more common than a dynamic (rolling) start (30 vs 26 studies); however, half of the studies did not describe the starting protocol. Walking 10, 6 and 4 m was the most common distances used, and reported in 37, 20 and 11 studies respectively. Only four studies included information on whether verbal encouragement was given during the walking task. CONCLUSIONS: Tests of walking speed have been used in a wide range of populations. However, methodologies and descriptions of walking tests vary widely from study to study, which makes comparison difficult. There is a need to find consensus for a standardized walking test methodology. |
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Authors:
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James E Graham; Glenn V Ostir; Steven R Fisher; Kenneth J Ottenbacher |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review Date: 2008-05-02 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Volume: 14 ISSN: 1365-2753 ISO Abbreviation: J Eval Clin Pract Publication Date: 2008 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-01-07 Completed Date: 2009-04-20 Revised Date: 2013-02-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609066 Medline TA: J Eval Clin Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 552-62 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1137, USA. jegraham@utmb.edu |
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Biomedical Research
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methods* Disability Evaluation* Exercise Test Humans Research Design Time Factors Walking* |
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K01 HD046682-03/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K01-HD046682/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K02 AG019736/AG/NIA NIH HHS; K02 AG019736-05/AG/NIA NIH HHS; K02-AG019736/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG010939-14/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG017638/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG017638-07/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG031178/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG031178-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01-AG10939/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R01-AG17638/AG/NIA NIH HHS; T32 HD007539/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD007539-08/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32-HD007539/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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