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Gait Speed and Survival in Older Adults

2011; American Medical Association; Volume: 305; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.2010.1923

1538-3598

Stephanie A. Studenski,

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Survival estimates help individualize goals of care for geriatric patients, but life tables fail to account for the great variability in survival. Physical performance measures, such as gait speed, might help account for variability, allowing clinicians to make more individualized estimates.