Author:

• Rita de Cássia Guedes - Guedes, R.C - <rita.guedes@unibh.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8490-1882

Co-author(s):

• Rosangela Dias - Dias, R - <rcd@ufmg.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-7746
• Anita Liberalesso Neri - Neri, A.L. - <anitalbn@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-7668
• Eduardo Ferriolli - Ferriolli, E - <eferriol@fmrp.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-2451
• Roberto Alves Lourenço - Lourenço, R.A - <roberto.lourenco@globo.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-1285
• Lygia Paccini Lustosa - Lustosa, L.P - <lygia.paccini@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0919-1320

Abstract:

Objectives: (1) To categorize elderly non-frail (NF), pre-frail (PF) and frail (FF) as to fast and slow gait speed (2) To compare NF, PF and FF (3) To analyze associations between fast or slow gait speed with clinical, functional and mental factors.
Methods: 5501 elderly (65 years or over; to the Frailty in Brazilian Older People Study), classified as NF, PF and FF (Fried´s frailty phenotype) and, in relation to fast gait speed (≥0.8m/s) and slow (

Keywords:

aged, gait, elderly health, frail elderly.

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