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

NCT06413030 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 383

Last updated 2024-05-14

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

10 Meter Walk Test

Gait Speed Test

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Americas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Córdova-León, PT · Academic

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-01
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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