NCT06413030

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

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 383 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Americas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

• Frailty
• Obesity
• Sarcopenia
• Sarcopenic Obesity
• Gait Speed

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	10 Meter Walk Test	Gait Speed Test

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-09-30
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-05-14
• Last updated: 2024-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Chile