New findings from a multicenter prospective cohort study of elderly patients have shown that measuring gait speed is a simple yet effective tool for determining those at higher risk for mortality and ...
Total hip arthroplasty (hip replacement) is a common treatment for hip osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease caused by ...
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HealthDay News — Patients who aren’t able to walk a short distance at a comfortable pace before cardiac surgery are at greater postoperative risk for death, according to research published online on ...
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 ...
How fast people walk in their 40s is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their bodies, are ageing, scientists have suggested. Using a simple test of gait speed, researchers were able to ...