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LAGO, Kelly Nascimento et al. Velocidade de caminhada como preditora da incapacidade funcional em idosos. Educ. fís. cienc. [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.84-84. ISSN 2314-2561.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/23142561e084.

The objective of this study was to analyze walking speed as a predictor of functional disability (FD) in the elderly. This cross-sectional, epidemiological study was carried out in a Municipality of the State of Bahia, in the Northeastern Region of Brazil, with a probabilistic sample of 310 elderly people with an average age of 71.62 (SD = 8.15) years old, enrolled in the Family Health Units of the municipality. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed and the criterion discriminating the walking speed of 2.44 m (seconds) for functional disability was determined. The walking times that best discriminated the FD were ≥12.83 seconds for men and ≥10.77 seconds for women. It was concluded that walking speed has a good ability to discriminate the FD in the elderly and it can be used in the gerontological evaluation and in the survey of the health conditions of the elderly.

Palabras clave : Exercise; Health of the elderly; ROC curves; Gait.

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