Open Access<p>Gait Speed as a Screening Tool for Foot Pain and the Risk of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Lovro Štefan,
Mario Kasović,
Martin Zvonař
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s260931
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , gait , foot (prosody) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , preferred walking speed , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , gerontology , medical emergency , philosophy , linguistics , pathology
The main purpose of the study was to establish a gait speed cut-off value to predict foot pain and the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults.