2025 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 18-24
Purpose: This study examined the association between walking speed and physical activity in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 80 community-dwelling older adults (75.0±5.9 years, 73.8% female) who had taken part in a physical fitness test that was held in the community. Statistical analysis was conducted with the use of multiple regression analysis, including walking speed as the dependent variable and physical activity as the independent variable. Variables that could be considered covariates were adjusted for confounding.
Results: The results of multiple regression analysis showed that walking speed was associated with high physical activity (standardized coefficient β = 0.37, p = 0.002).
Conclusions: It has become clear that it is necessary to assess physical activity to maintain walking speed. Further research is needed, but it is possible that the high physical activity will lead to the maintenance and improvement of walking speed.
