Slow Gait Speed as an Indicator of Overweight, Dynapenic Obesity and Sarcopenic Obesity in Elderly People in the Community (SGSF)

University of Americas

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Gait Speed; Sarcopenic Obesity; Obesity; Frailty; Sarcopenia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 10 Meter Walk Test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06413030

CEC_FP_2023023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the relationship of gait speed with dynapenic or sarcopenic obesity in community-dwelling older people. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is slow walking speed related to overweight in older people in the community?
• Is slow walking speed related to dynapenic obesity in older people in the community?
• Is gait speed related to sarcopenic obesity in older people in the community?

Participants will answer a clinical interview to obtain sociodemographic data and will perform the following clinical tests: (1) 10-meter walk test, (2) Anthropometric measurement; (3) Handgrip dynamometry test, (4) Standing dynamometry test and (5) Physical functionality questionnaires.

Enrollment: 383 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects over 60 years of age
• Female and male
• Self-sufficient in the instrumental activities of daily living
• Subjects with or without drug consumption, capable of carrying out the activity of walking independently or dependent on technical aids.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with acute musculoskeletal injuries of the lower extremity.

Trial design

383 participants in 1 patient group

Community-dwelling older adults

Description:

Persons over 60 years of age attending primary health care centers in the Bio Bio Region of Chile.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 10 Meter Walk Test