Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence.

Gait speed testing might improve decisions about treatment intensity for people 75 years or older with blood cancer, say researchers. "The additional information this simple clinical test reveals ...

Older people are more likely to lack the strength needed to survive the recovery following heart surgery, and scientists from McGill University in Montreal are measuring “gait speed” as a test for ...

MONTREAL, QC — Slow gait speed is an independent predictor of major morbidity and mortality but also operative mortality in adults aged 60 years or older undergoing cardiac surgery, according to the ...

(WASHINGTON, June 5, 2019) -- How slow--or fast--older individuals with blood cancers are able to walk four meters (about 13 feet) holds critical information about their overall health and strongly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Old men with worse performances in grip strength, gait speed and chair stands have an increased mortality risk ...

Researchers found that gait speed which is greater than 1 m/s in pre-operative period may considerably report better post-surgical outcomes, highlighting the walking speed as a key for optimizing ...

The slower walkers were shown to have accelerated aging on a 19-measure scale created by researchers. The research was published last week in the journal JAMA Network Open. “The thing that’s really ...

Slow walkers beware: A sluggish pace can already signal “accelerated aging” in adults in their 40s, while those who naturally walk more briskly may have younger brains and bodies, a new study has ...