Tápanes LI, González MAM, Simón DMJ, Cascudo BN, Ranero AV

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: walking speed been gone into like a potential factor of prediction of adverse events: Falls, fractures, institutionalization, death and he has a narrow relation with the cycle of frailty.
Objective: determining walking speed and some parameters spatio-temporal in older people.
Method: a descriptive and cross-section investigation in 422 elderly of the Polyclinic “Héroes del Moncada” in the period understood of may 2011 to 2014 developed.Speed of the marchdetermined to the habitual step in 4.5 meters and some parameters spatio-temporal like: Cadence of the Step, Time himselfof strideand Longitud.
Results: the mean value of the speed of the marchwent from 0.74m/seg, the cadence 86.64pasos/min, Time of stride 1.49seg, length of the stride 0.996m, the half value of the speed of the march was below the considered normal values in other populations mature adults for both sexes and those of more age had worse results and a relationship existed statistically significant among the age, sex, comorbility, activities of the daily life.
Conclusions: the walking speed of the march, related with the age, sex, comorbility functional state, physical activity and auto perception of health. Studies should be developed at national level of the acting tests, (walking speed and some parameters spatio-temporal), to establish comparisons.