Research links faster walking speed to better health outcomes and lower disease risk. Learn what your walking pace reveals ...

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 ...

Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence. Here’s how to check them yourself—and what the results mean. Balancing on ...

Decline in both gait speed and cognition, particularly memory, is linked to an increased risk for dementia, new research suggests. In a large study of more than 16,000 participants, such dual decline ...

Among more than 15,000 patients who underwent cardiac surgery, slow gait speed before surgery was associated an increased risk of death following surgery, according to a study published online by JAMA ...