Is the 10 metre walk test on sloped surfaces associated with age and physical activity in healthy adults?

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity : Official Journal of the European Group for Research Into Elderly and Physical Activity
Daniel ThomsonAmitabh Gupta

Abstract

Preferred walking speed is considered an important indicator of health in older adults and is measured on level ground. However, this may not represent the complex demands of community ambulation such as walking on sloped surfaces. Performing a 10 m walk test on a sloped surface is a novel test, and may be a more sensitive measure of walking capacity which may better discriminate age or health-related changes in gait speed compared to a traditional level 10 m walk test. The purpose of this investigation was to determine healthy adults' performance in the 10 m walk test across various inclines and speeds, and which version of the 10 m walk test would be best at discriminating age-related changes in walking speed. Further, this study aimed to determine whether measures of general health and physical activity are associated with the performance of each test. Healthy Adults (n = 181) aged 20-80 years completed the 10 m walk test on level, downhill and uphill surfaces (8° inclination) at fastest and preferred speeds. Descriptive statistics were calculated for walking speed for males and females across each decade of life. Repeated measures ANOVA was performed to discriminate age-related changes in gait speed by decade, for the 10 m ...Continue Reading

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