The faster you walk, the longer you live?

Dr. Susan Hardy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine reports that out of a study of 439 adults 65 years and older, those who maximized or improved their baseline walking speed lived longer over an eight year period than those seniors whose walking speed remained unchanged or slowed. Dr. Hardy concludes, Further research is needed to determine whether interventions to improve gait speed affect survival because gait speed is easily measured, clinically interpretable, and potentially modifiable it may be a useful ‘vital sign’ for older adults of this text, please change the global colors or text size under the Design section from the left menu of the editor.