Rising Energetic Cost of Walking Predicts Gait Speed Decline With Aging

Conclusions:
These findings suggest that strategies to maintain walking efficiency hold significant implications for maintaining mobility in late life. Efforts to curb threats to walking efficiency should focus on therapies to treat gait and balance impairments, and reduce clinical disease burden.

Source: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - June 13, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Schrack, J. A., Zipunnikov, V., Simonsick, E. M., Studenski, S., Ferrucci, L. Tags: Research Article Source Type: research