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To determine whether walking course length influences measured walking speed and to evaluate the agreement between 3-meter and 6-meter walk tests in older adults.

November 4, 2014Journal of Aging and Health

Assessing the Agreement Between 3-Meter and 6-Meter Walk Tests in 136 Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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To determine whether walking course length influences measured walking speed and to evaluate the agreement between 3-meter and 6-meter walk tests in older adults.
Enrolled 136 community-dwelling older adults who completed two consecutive trials each of 3-m and 6-m walking courses, with course order randomly assigned.
Evaluated measurement agreement and reliability across distances using concordance correlation coefficients (CCC) and Bland-Altman plots.
Average walking speed was faster on the 6-m course compared with the 3-m course, and speeds increased on the second trial compared with the first for both distances.
High concordance was observed between the first and second trials for both course lengths, with later trials demonstrating higher inter-course concordance.

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Randomized trial reveals faster walking speeds during longer courses and repeat trials in older adults, suggesting the need for practice trials and distance adjustments.

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Lyons et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e80f61a7c2806bcea421d https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264314556987

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Implication

Randomized trial reveals faster walking speeds during longer courses and repeat trials in older adults, suggesting the need for practice trials and distance adjustments.

Assessing the Agreement Between 3-Meter and 6-Meter Walk Tests in 136 Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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Assessing the Agreement Between 3-Meter and 6-Meter Walk Tests in 136 Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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